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Older Passage photo from above from_userpages_umbc.edu_krumya1

The Greek God Mercury on a steam engine

Ceres on a boat

Russian: Пассаж, also "Passaj" or "Passage"

Deribasovskaya 33 (Дерибасовская 33)

History

The architect Lev Vlodek (Льв Львович (Леон Леонович) Влодек) built the Passage from 1898-1899, a beautiful hotel and an ornately decorated corridor connected to Deribasovskaya and Preobrazhenskaya (Преображенская).^[1][2] The corridor has glassed arches, molded ornaments and several sculptures.

The shopping mall's grand opening was January 23, 1900. The mall caught fire on October 31, 1901, and miraculously no one was hurt, ^[1] and to the credit of the Odessa fire brigade, there was little damage.^[3]

Construction

On the roof of the Deribasovskaya side of the corridor, flanking either side of the Пассаж sign, there is the a dilapidated statue of the Greek God Mercury on a steam engine and Ceres on a boat.

Inside Passage

Near the junction, on the east side, is a plaque which reads: 1898-1899 Built by architect L.L. Vlodek together with artists T.L. Fishel and S.I. Milman

Yuvelirneighy Souvenir Shop

Yuvelirneighy Souvenir Shop

Russian: Ювелирный
Deribasovskaya 32 (Дерибасовская 32)
(Corner of Preobrazhenskaya Street (Преображенская))

Across the street from Passage, on the northeastern corner of Deribasovskaya and Preobrazhenskaya, Pushkin worked in this building as a secretary and archivist in the office of Vorontsov, the General Governor, today it is a souvenir shop Yuvelirneighy (Ювелирный).

• More information on this and other souvenir shops

Location

• Across Preobrazhenskaya Street is the Cathederal Park and Sadovaya Street.

Photos

		As seen from the City park

Notes

1. ^ ^a b www.odessitclub.org/odessa/old_buildings/passage.htm
2. ^ Lev Vlodek also built Gogolya 5 and 7 and the former "Novaya Moskovskaya" hotel
3. ^ www.odessitclub.org/publications/almanac/alm_30/alm_30_18-35.pdf [PDF], page 13
   (In Russian--Use this Google translate, or alternatively, babelfish)

This virtual tour of Deribasovskaya Street is complete.