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Rodina Theater
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Rodina Movie Theater (Родина)
Russian: Родина
Mechnikova 104 (Мечникова)
Tel: 34-62-51, 37-17-17
www.rodina.odessa.net
Formerly a public lecture hall, built in 1891-1894 by the architect Y. Dmitrienko (Ю. Дмитриенко). The building is strict renaissance style, with a large hall, corridors along the lateral sides and a very spacious entrance hall. Today it houses the Rodina theater, with two screens which can seat up to 700 people.[1]
See also: Movie Theaters
Memorial plaque
Zaslavskovo 33 (Заславского)
(Corner of Malaya Arnautskaya (Малая Арнаутская))
| The street is named after the organizer and leader of Southern Russian Union of Workers, founded in Odessa in 1875,
Eugeny Osipovich Zaslavsky /1847-1878/ |
Bogdana Hmelnitskavo Street Plaque
Russian: Богдона Хмельницкого
(On the Bogdana Hmelnits-kavo side of Mechnikova 106 (Мечникова))
| The street is named after Ukrainian statesman and military leader Bogdan Hmelnitsky,
the head of the Pereyaslavska Rada of the year 1654, which announced the Statement on Reunification of Ukraine with Russia |
In 1569 the Ukrainians were ruled by the Rech Pospolite, a state created in 1569 by unification of the Polish Kingdom and the Great Lithuanian Principality. The Polish nobility were cruel leaders and severely oppressed the Ukrainian people. The Cossack leader Bogdan Hmelnitsky led a revolt against the Polish from 1648-1653, gaining independence from Poland. Bohdan Khmelnitsky led Ukraine's incorporation into the Russian Empire in 1654.
Next to this plaque is the Bogdana Hmelnitskavo Monument which was built in August of 2002.
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Notes
Continue your virtual tour by walking to the World War Two Tractor tank
Privoz market · Chernobyl Square · Cossack Square · Rodina Theater · World War Two Tractor tank Privokzalnaya Square | Train Station | Pantelegevsky Male Monastery | Kulikovo Pole |
