Odessa

Odessa 1905, with the sites of Río Wang’s posts. Full size

• On the Deribasovskaya, at the corner of Rishelievskaya… • The spirit of Odessa • Odessa Tales • The Greek Odessa • The flea market in Odessa • The Moldavanka • Faces from the City Park • Stairways of Odessa

• The Fanconi Café’s teaspoon found • Odessa 1931. Color photos by Branson DeCou • Courtyards in the Polish Street • New Year in Odessa • Odessa, the city of marvels • Odessa, ghost city • Odessa, 2 May 2014

Travel reports: • Odessa, minute by minute, April 2013 • East Unlimited, April 2013 • Together in Odessa, October 2012

“Apart from decks, it smelt of acacias, dry seaweed, the camomile in the cracks of the sea wall, and of tar and rust. Occasionally, all these smells were washed away by a special after-storm smell from the open sea. It was quite unlike, and could not be mistaken for anything else. It was as though a girl’s arm, cool from bathing, were brushing my cheek.”

Konstantin Paustovsky, 1920