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View from below the Mother-in-Law's Bridge, the children's palace colonnade can be seen above the trees.

Memorial Plaque at Gogolya 1 (Гоголя):
The Hero of the Soviet Union, Lieutenant-General Ivan Pavlovich Rosly lived here from 1902 to 1980.

Russian: Тещин мост

The true story is that the Secretary of Odessa Sinitsey's (Синицей) wife missed her mother, who lived across the ravine. Feeling sorry for his wife, the official had this pedestrian bridge built, thus the name Mother-in-Law's Bridge.

This bridge was built in 1968-1969 by the architect Vladimirskoy (Владимирской) and engineer Kiriyenko (Кириенко). Mother-in-Law's Bridge bridge is one of the longest bridges in Odessa. It is made almost entirely of reinforced concrete with no intermediate supports.^[1] Because of this, the bridge noticeably vibrates, especially if a few people jump in the middle of the bridge.^[2]

One end of the bridge connects to the Old corner of Odessa (уголок старой Одесса) and the other end connects with Vorontsov Palace. The bridge runs parallel to the sea. Facing toward the port there is a large orange bridge.^[1]

Gogolya Street

Russian: Гоголя

There is a surprising diversity of architectural styles on Gogolya Street. Classicism Gothic, Renaissance, and Roman architecture.

Gogolya street was originally named Nadejdinskaya. Before the Soviet Revolution, it was renamed in honor of the great Russian author Gogol.

Famous Odessites This is one of the articles on famous Odessites. See the entire list of Famous figures of Odessa. Gogol visited Odessa twice, and both times he resided on Gogolya Street, at both Gogolya 11 and Gogolya 15. While in Odessa Gogol wrote the second section of "Dead Souls". The first section was written mostly when he periodically lived in Rome during the late 1830s and early 1840s. Part two was written between 1842-1852, but while visiting Jerusalem in 1848 he was persuaded by a religious figure that he should destroy the manuscript, which he did in 1852. Gogol planned a third part of "Dead Souls", but it was never written. Gogol's "Dead Souls" is a tragic book that mocks the stupidity and inefficiency of the czarist government. Its revolutionary ideas feed fire to an already increasingly angry and discontent public frustrated at czarist rule. Like Alexander Pushkin, Gogol often visited the Richelieu institute and attended the Odessa Opera Theater. Gogol met the famous poet in 1831, and Pushkin gave him the idea for his comedy "The Inspector General". The play was finished in 1835 and published in 1836. Gogol helped produce it for theater, where it was performed on stage with Czar Nicolas I in attendance. The drama mocked the wrongs of government officials. Gogol defended it from critics by claiming that even misguided bureaucratic officials were capable of altering their behavior and actions. Nevertheless, the criticism leveled against him caused Gogol to leave Russia and reside abroad for more than ten years.

Photos

Mother-in-Law's Bridge	Top of bridge From madbehemoth.com	Old Soviet-era photo of mother and law bridge, notice bride and groom	Mother-in-Law's Bridge
View from Mother-in-Law's Bridge	View from mother and law bridge From www.geocities.com/mike_gurvich	View from mother and law bridge From artorb.com	Second view from mother and law bridge From artorb.com
			Mother in law bridge as seen from the Griffin courtyard.
Examining the locks		Balcony as viewed from the bridge

Notes

1. ^ ^a b www.otdihinfo.ru/catalog/638.html
   (In Russian--Use this Google translate, or alternatively, babelfish)
2. ^ www.ta-odessa.com/dostop/architect/most.shtml

Continue your virtual tour by walking to the Shah's palace