Odessa

Odessa (; ) is a city in the southwestern Ukraine, major port on the Black Sea and the administrative center of country's Odessa Oblast (province). Population 1,012,500 (2004).

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From 1819–1858 Odessa was a free port (porto franco). During the Soviet period it was the most important port of trade in the U.S.S.R. and a Soviet naval base. On January 1, 2000 the Quarantine Pier of Odessa trade sea port was declared a free port and free economic zone for a term of 25 years.

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Odessa Oblast: Odessa Oblast (Ukrainian: ??????? ???????, Odes?ka oblast? or ???????, Odeshchyna) is an oblast of south-western Ukraine. Its administrative center is the city of Odessa....

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