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Building of architectural distinction

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Lanzjeronovskaya 8 (Ланжероновская)

Next door to the opera theater is an ornate building. In the center of the building is an alcove with a sculpture of a woman. This sculpture is on the cover of the Odessa photo book sold in all of the bookstores.

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Memorial plaque for Gilels

Chaikovskovo 2
(Чайковского переулок)
Behind the opera theater

This building was constructed in 1904. It has attractive murals below the roof. The memorial plaque on the building reads:

Prominent Soviet pianist, the Hero of the Socialist Labor, People's Artist of the Soviet Union Emil Grigoryevich Gilels lived here from 1933 to 1937 (1916-1985)