Odessa Local Customs

Writer famous for his extraordinary satirical works. Author of numerous brilliant stories and sketches. Born in Odessa, lived in Odessa and Leningrad, now lives in Moscow. Honorary Citizen of Odessa.

A test for a sense of humor
(translation from M. Zhvanetsky's story)
A street of Odessa. A dove dropped a piece of *** on the head of a man. The man referred to an odessan lady who passed by with a baby and asked her for a tissue. The answer was : "Are you really gonna catch up with it?"

"... Just forget for a minute that you have spectacles on your nose and autumn in your heart. Stop being tough at your desk and stammering with timidity in the presence of people. Imagine for one second that you rise hell in public place ... If rings had been fastened to earth and sky, you'd have seized those rings and pulled the sky down to the earth ..."

Isaac Babel. "How it Was Done in Odessa."
Translation by Andrew R. MacAndrew

The Odessa Museum of Numismatics is the first specialized numismatic museum in Ukraine and was opened for the people of Odessa as a present on the 205-th anniversary of the foundation of the city and started to work from the first of January in 1999. All the periods in the history of the origin of civilization and State systems on the Ukrainian land are shown in its funds. And also the history of monetary business and money circulation of Ukraine from the antique times to the period of the independent development of the State is presented there.

The coins minted by different city-states, by the Bosporos and Scythian Kingdoms form the core of the museum funds. These states were founded in the period from VII to IV centuries BC on the Northern Black Sea Coast and existed for almost one thousand years.

Together with the expositional activity the Odessa Museum of Numismatics also conducts a considerable scientific-research work, publishing the types of coins, which were unknown earlier and thus putting them into a scientific turnover and enriching the Frame of the antique coins of the Northern Black Sea Coast.

The museum publishes its own scientific and practical collection of articles - " The Bulletin of the Odessa Museum of Numismatics". Except for it museum issues publicistic bulletin "The Almanac".

The museum also communicates with different cultural and historical institutions and organizations of the collectors from 150 countries of the world.

The founder of the Odessa Museum of Numismatics and the mover of the project of this virtual museum is a known numismatist and explorer, a deputy of the Odessa City Council - Peter G. Loboda.

THE MUSEUM ADDRESS
33, Grecheskaya str., Odessa 65000, Ukraine
phone : (0038)-(0482) 25-02-77

E-mail: oco@te.net.ua
URL: http://www.museum.com.ua/
Postal address: P.O. Box 17

General Post Office
65000 Odessa, Ukraine

E-MAIL:
od-museum@te.net.ua

The pier on the harbor... and the church of the Sailors close to the harbor passengers of Odessa.

A service of catières (maritime shuttles - of French " côtières " ?), existed once : Kataïev borrows them - " the small boat steam accelerated its race... " -, Trotski uses them - " I installed myself on the bridge of steam... " -, Ilf and Petrovs take them. Because of the rise of the price of fuels, it will be necessary, I fear, to satisfy you of these literary evocations. Their working became very uncertain, and the service in is disrupted. The pontoon of craft is on the left side of the maritime station, just after the ship hotel Taras Chevtchenko.

As I already mentioned Odessa is unique city with 100% tolarence toward everyone. People are very sympathetic and friendly, almost half of the populatio speaks very disent english. Be friendly to them and they will return it.

EUROPE,UKRAINE,ODESSA;
PROVERBS:25:25;
'As could waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country'
'Yosemita Falls';CALIFORNIA TRAVEL PAGE by KRYSTYNN;
/WITH PERMISSION KRYSTYNN/;

N i c o d e m u s - J e s u s;
John:3:5;'...Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God'
John:3:15

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I would like to have lived in Odessa a hundred years ago, so beautiful and special.