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Ekaterininskaya 14

Facade of Ekaterininskaya Street 17

Lanzjeronovskaya and Ekaterininskaya

Ekaterininskaya 35

Russian: Екатерининская

Formerly named Karl Marx during the Soviet Union.

The beginning of the street starts at the Katherine Monument

At the north end of the street near the Potemkin Sailors monument are many beautiful buildings with marble stairways, sculpture decor, and towers.

Before the revolution this street had the homes of the wealthiest of Odessa society.

Building of architectural distinction

Ekaterininskaya Street 17 (Екатерининская)

The building has the appearance of a modern castle.

The memorial plaque next to the archway into the courtyard reads: In this building, National Artist of the USSR Mikhail Grigor'yevich Vodyanoi lived from 1954 to 1987

Ekaterininskaya 14

Jewish Synagogue

Russian: синагога
Evreyskaya 25 (Еврейская)
Tel: 24-36-94

The memorial plaque on this building reads:

In memory of the martyrs of the Faith, shot in 1938 and acquitted from their accused crime in 1989

Catholic Church

Blessed Virgin Assumption Cathedral Russian: Успения Пресвятой Богоматери Ekaterininskaya 33 (Екатерининская) Tel: 22-17-47

Saint Troiskaya Cathedral

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Greek Orthodox Church
Russian: Свято-Троицкая церковь
Ekaterininskaya 55 (Екатерининская)
Tel: 25-59-90

Two pogrom's began at this church, one in 1821 and one in 1871. A Pogrom is an organized, often officially encouraged massacre or persecution of a minority group, especially one conducted against Jews.

The roots of the 1821 pogrom were in Constantinople, but its tragic outcome was near the Greek Church of Odessa (Ekaterininskaya 35 (Екатерининская)). In 1821, the Greek Orthodox patriarch, Gregory V, was killed by Turks in Constantinople. His body was brought to Odessa for burial.

After the funeral service in the Greek Church, while the procession was making its way to the cemetery, a rumor was started that Jews had been involved in the events in Constantinople. A pogrom began, in which some residents of the city joined the local Greeks and Greek sailors who were attending the funeral. The crowd raided Jewish houses, stalls and shops, killing 17 people and wounding more than 50.

This pogrom was the first in Russia; by coincidence, the Jewish pogrom of 1871 also started near the church. This time Jews were accused of stealing the cross from the church fence. The cross was later found inside the church, but the pogrom enveloped the entire city and lasted for three days.^[1]

Former KGB building

Former Odessa KGB building

On Evreyska 43, between Ekaterininskaya and Aleksandrovsky Ave, is a closed off block. This was the former KGB office, now the Sluzhba Bezpeky Ukrayiny (SBU) or Security Service of Ukraine [Ukrainian: Служба безпеки України (СБУ)].

Photos

Ekaterininskaya 14 (Екатерининская) Next to the Red Sail 24 hour grocery store ]]			Ekaterininskaya Street 3 (Екатерининская) Casino >>
Small murals above the entrance showing a child jump-roping.		Sculpture in Alcove at Ekaterininskaya Street 24	Soviet sickle and hammer on the west side of the street on the second floor, a half block north of Deribasovskaya
Ekaterininskaya 9 ornaments	Ekaterininskaya 9 ornaments	Ekaterininskaya 9 sign	One of two walkways into at Ekaterininskaya 9
Ekaterininskaya and Lanzjeronovskaya sign	Man on balcony off of Ekaterininskaya	Run down building in Courtyard at Ekaterininskaya 67	Lanzjeronovskaya 20 the Mormon church
Ekaterininskaya 59 plaque	Ekaterininskaya 59	Ekaterininskaya Orthodox church by Galen Frysinger	Ekaterininskaya Orthodox church
Ekaterininskaya Orthodox church	Catholic Church	Catholic Church	Ekaterininskaya 47
Ekaterininskaya 47	Zhukovskovo (Жуковского) 27	Zhukovskovo (Жуковского) 27	Zhukovskovo (Жуковского) 27
Zhukovskovo (Жуковского) 27	Passed out drunkard in the courtyard shortcut from Deribasovskaya to Ekaterininskaya Public drunkedness is an everyday sight in Odessa Notice the common straw broom propted up on the bench	Former Ekaterininskaya Post office with an old Soviet era sign above "Balkan Tourist", now a clothing store, the sign remains

Notes

1. ^ From www.moria.farlep.net/vjodessa/en/pogroms.html, the mirror of this site is here: Mirrored site: Virtual Excursion on Jewish Odessa Literary Odessa. This site has a "virtual tour" of Jewish historical events in Odessa.

Continue your virtual tour by walking to the Rishelevskaya Street (Ришельевская)