Pericles Stavrov, Odessan Greek Poet
The poet Pericles Stavrov is known to lovers of literature as one of the great poets of the 20th century. This article is based...
Making Modernism: On Odessa’s Most Pristine Parisian, Vladimir Baranov-Rossine
The remarkable Odessa educated, French-Russian-Jewish artist Vladimir Baranov-Rossine was killed in the holocaust, but his work lives on. In recent decades he has become...
Odessa In Anticipation Of Christmas And The New Year: In 2017 And 200 Years...
By Alexandra Pakina, participant of The Odessa Review journalism seminar and workshop
The New Year is on its way. The city adorns itself with festive decorations....
Simon Sebag Montefiore's Ode to Charms of Odessa
Globally acclaimed historian and author Simon Sebag Montefiore is convinced that Odessa is unlike any other city.
About the author: Simon Sebag Montefiore is a...
Peter Zalmayev Speaks With Timothy Snyder
Professor Timothy Snyder of Yale University and the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna is one of the world’s leading scholars on the history...
Ukraine And The 1917 Revolution In London
The head of the Ukrainian Institute in London writes about the reception of the 100th anniversary of the 1917 revolution in London. In autumn...
Korney Chukovsky: Odessa’s Famous And Also Unknown Writer
He was Vladimir Zhabotinsky’s childhood friend; a defender of Boris Pasternak and Anna Akhmatova; translator of Oscar Wilde, Mark Twain and Rudyard Kipling; chronicler...
Deborah: From the Book of Uman Recollections by Mykola Bazhan
This poem appears in English for the first time, translated by Myroslav Shkandrij from the Ukrainian original. Mykola Bazhan, “Debora: Z knyhy umanskykh spohadiv,” Vitchyzna...
This Story Allegedly Took Place At The Odessa Film Studio
Wether it is true or not, this story is dedicated to all fans of cinema and mysticism.
It was the 70’s when the filmmakers at...
80 Years Of The Odessa Philharmonic Orchestra
The Odessa Philharmonic Orchestra was founded in 1937, and belongs today to the most prominent musical ensembles in Ukraine.
During the Soviet era the orchestra...
