Odessa Oblast

Location o Odessa Oblast in Ukraine

Odessa Oblast, an aa written as Odesa Oblast (Ukrainian: Одеська область, translit. Odes’ka oblast’; an aa referred tae as Odeshchyna—Ukrainian: Одещина), (Greek: Οδησσός) is the lairgest an soothmaist oblast (province) o sooth-wastren Ukraine. The admeenistrative center o the oblast is the ceety o Odessa.

History

The evidence o the earliest inhabitants in this aurie comes frae the settlements an burial grunds o the Neolithic Gumelniţa, Cucuteni-Trypillian an Usatovo culturs, as well as tumuli an hoards o the Bronze Age Proto-Indo-Europeans. In the 1st millennium B.C. the Milesian Greeks built colonies alang the North Black Sea Coast, includin the touns o Olbia, Tyras, Niconium, Panticapaeum, an Chersonesus. The Greeks left ahint painted vessels, ceramics, sculpturs, inscriptions, airts an crafts that indicate the prosperity o their auncient ceevilisation.

The cultur o Scythian tribes inhabitin the Black Sea littoral steppes is representit bi fynds frae settlements an burial grunds. There are weapon items, bronze cauldrons, ither utensils, adornments. Bi the beginnin o the 1st millennium A.D. the Sarmatians displaced the Scythians. In the 3rd–4t centuries A.D. the tribal alliance, representit bi the items o Chernyakhov cultur, wis creatit. Syne the middle o the first millennium the formation o Slavic fowk began. In the 9t century they wur unitit intae a state wi Kiev as a centre. The Khazars, Polovtsy, Pechenegs wur the Slavs' neighbours durin the different times. The period o the 9t–14t centuries is reflectit bi the materials frae the settlements an ceeties o Kievan Rus', Belgorod, Caffa-Theodosia, Berezan Island.

Umwhile ruled bi the Ottoman Empire, the territory o the Odessa oblast passed intae Roushie an Soviet haunds in various stages atween the aichteent an 20t centuries. The Roushie Empire's expansion alang the Black Sea coast led tae the creation of the territory o Novorossiya, which wis colonised bi a variety o fowks, o whom the Roushies wur dominant. The Odessa oblast corresponds tae the maist wasterly portion o "New Roushie".

The oblast wis creatit on 27 Februar 1932 as pairt o the Ukrainian SSR. It wis expandit further in 1954 bi absorbin Izmail Oblast (umwhile kent as Budjak region o Bessarabie).

Geography

The oblast occupees an aurie o aroond 33,300 square kilometres (12,850 square miles). It is characterised bi lairgely flat steppes dividit bi the estuary o the Dniester river. Its Black Sea coast comprises numerous sandy beaches, estuaries an lagoons. The region's soils are renouned for their fertility, an intensive agricultur is the mainstay o the local economy. The soothwast possesses mony orchards an vineyards, while arable crops are grown throughoot the region.

Points o interest

• Odessa Opera
• Akkerman fortress
• Potemkin Stairs

Economy

Rapeseed Field in Odessa Oblast.

Significant branches o the oblast's economy are:

• ile refinin & chemicals processin
• transportation (important sea an river ports, ile pipelines an railway);
• viticulture an ither forms o agricultur, notably the growin o wheat, maize, barley, sunflouers an sugar beets.

The region's industrial capability is principally concentratit in an aroond Odessa.

Demographics

The oblast's population (as o 2004) is 2.4 million fowk, nearly 40% o whom live in the ceety o Odessa.

Significant Romanian (6.2%) an Bulgarian (6.1%) minorities reside in the province. There is a sma Greek community in the ceety o Odessa.

Bulgarians an Moldovans / Romanians represent 21% an 13% respectively, o the population in the region o Budjak, athin Odessa oblast.

Subdivisions

Detailed map o Odessa Oblast.

The Odessa Oblast is admeenistratively subdividit intae 26 raions (destricts), as well as 7 ceeties (municipalities) which are directly subordinate tae the oblast govrenment: Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, Illichivsk, Izmail, Kotovsk, Teplodar, Yuzhne, an the admeenistrative center o the oblast, Odessa.

Raions o the Odessa Oblast

	In Scots	In Ukrainian	Admeenistrative Center
	Ananyivskyi Raion	Ананьївський район Anan'yivs'kyi raion	Ananyiv (Ceety)
	Artsyzkyi Raion	Арцизький район Artsyz'kyi raion	Artsyz (Ceety)
	Baltskyi Raion	Балтський район Balts'kyi raion	Balta (Ceety)
	Berezivskyi Raion	Березівський район Berezivs'kyi raion	Berezivka (Ceety)
	Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion	Білгород-Дністровський район Bilhorod-Dnistrovs'kyi raion	Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi (Ceety)
	Biliayivskyi Raion	Біляївський район Biliayivs'kyi raion	Biliayivka (Ceety)
	Bolhradskyi Raion	Болградський район Bolhrads'kyi raion	Bolhrad (Ceety)
	Frunzivskyi Raion	Фрунзівський район Frunzivs'kyi raion	Frunzivka (Urban-type settlement)
	Ivanivskyi Raion	Іванівський район Ivanivs'kyi raion	Ivanivka (Urban-type settlement)
	Izmailsky Raion	Ізмаїльський район Izmails'kyi raion	Izmail (Ceety)
	Kiliyskyi Raion	Кілійський район Kiliys'kyi raion	Kilia (Ceety)
	Kodymskyi Raion	Кодимський район Kodyms'kyi raion	Kodyma (Ceety)
	Kominternivskyi Raion	Комінтернівський район Kominternivs'kyi raion	Kominternivske (Urban-type settlement)
	Kotovskyi Raion	Котовський район Kotovs'kyi raion	Kotovsk (Ceety)
	Krasnooknianskyi Raion	Красноокнянський район Krasno-oknians'kyi raion	Krasni Okny (Urban-type settlement)
	Liubashivskyi Raion	Любашівський район Liubashivs'kyi raion	Liubashivka (Urban-type settlement)
	Mykolaiv Raion	Миколаївський район Mykolayivs'kyi raion	Mykolaivka (Urban-type settlement)
	Ovidiopolskyi Raion	Овідіопольський район Ovidiopols'kyi raion	Ovidiopol (Urban-type settlement)
	Reniyskyi Raion	Ренійський район Reniys'kyi raion	Reni (Ceety)
	Rozdilnianskyi Raion	Роздільнянський район Rozdil'nians'kyi raion	Rozdilna (Ceety)
	Saratskyi Raion	Саратський район Sarats'kyi raion	Sarata (Urban-type settlement)
	Savranskyi Raion	Савранський район Savrans'kyi raion	Savran (Urban-type settlement)
	Shyriayivskyi Raion	Ширяївський район Shyriayivs'kyi raion	Shyriaieve (Urban-type settlement)
	Tarutynskyi Raion	Тарутинський район Tarutyns'kyi raion	Tarutyne (Urban-type settlement)
	Tatarbunarskyi Raion	Татарбунарський район Tatarbunars'kyi raion	Tatarbunary (Ceety)
	Velykomykhailivskyi Raion	Великомихайлівський район Velykomykhailivs'kyi raion	Velyka Mykhailivka (Urban-type settlement)

Nomenclature

Maist o Ukraine's oblasts are named efter their caipital ceeties, offeecially referred tae as "oblast centers" (Ukrainian: обласний центр, translit. oblasnyi tsentr). The name o each oblast is a relative adjective, formed bi addin a feminine suffix tae the name o respective center ceety: Odessa is the center o the Odes’ka oblast’ (Odessa Oblast). Maist oblasts are an aa sometimes referred tae in a feminine noun form, follaein the convention o traditional regional place names, endin wi the suffix "-shchyna", as is the case wi the Odessa Oblast, Odeshchyna.

See an aw: Romanization o Ukrainian

See an aa

• Subdiveesions o Ukraine
• Kherson Govrenorate

Freemit airtins

• Odessa regional admeenistration hamepage
• Maps o Odessa oblast Ceeties, Touns an Veelages

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