It has so happened that the history in the post-Soviet space, by inertia, repeats the Russian imperial approach in interpreting the past. For example, the age of certain cities is still somehow counted from the moment when a Russian set foot on that territory, when the Russian Tsar’s army subdued a settlement or conquered a fortress. Strange, isn’t it? As if there were no people, settlements, or ports in those places before, as if the army came to a bare spot and declared it their domain… The same issue arises with the history of Odesa, whose age is stubbornly counted from September 2 (August 28), 1794, which is still celebrated by Odesa residents as the city’s founding day…
MILESTONES OF HISTORY
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NAMES OF THE CITY IN DIFFERENT PERIODS OF ITS HISTORY:
(according to Ph.D. in History O. Sereda)
CONTENT:
1.1.Ancient cities in the place of modern Odesa♦
2.1.Kotsubey (Kochubiyiv). The Period XV century. Eastern Europe II-XV centuries♦
From the Goths to the Cumans; The Antes; Kyivan Rus; Halych-Volhynian Principality; Gniezno State, Kingdom of Poland; The Golden Horde; The Creation of the Moldavian Principality; The struggle for influence over the Northern Black Sea region, The Grand Duchy of Lithuania.; Кocubej-Кoczubej-Кoczubiiw-Kacibej; Ginestrа; The Withdrawal of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania from the Northern Black Sea Region.
3.1.Northern Black Sea Region XV-XVIII centuries♦
Ottoman Expansion; The Crimean Khanate; The Nogais; The Khan Ukraine (Khanshchyna); The Ottoman territorial-administrative division of the Northwestern Black Sea region; Sili̇stre-Ochakiv Eyalet (Ozi-Silistra).
2.1.Kotsubey (Kochubiyiv). The Period XV century. Eastern Europe II-XV centuries♦
From the Goths to the Cumans; The Antes; Kyivan Rus; Halych-Volhynian Principality; Gniezno State, Kingdom of Poland; The Golden Horde; The Creation of the Moldavian Principality; The struggle for influence over the Northern Black Sea region, The Grand Duchy of Lithuania.; Кocubej-Кoczubej-Кoczubiiw-Kacibej; Ginestrа; The Withdrawal of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania from the Northern Black Sea Region.
3.1.Northern Black Sea Region XV-XVIII centuries♦
Ottoman Expansion; The Crimean Khanate; The Nogais; The Khan Ukraine (Khanshchyna); The Ottoman territorial-administrative division of the Northwestern Black Sea region; Sili̇stre-Ochakiv Eyalet (Ozi-Silistra).
3.2.Hocabey-Khodzhabey (Khadzhibey). Period of XV-XVIII centuries↑
3.3.Khadzhibey-Odessa. Period XVIII century. Northern Black Sea Region XVIII century↑
Russian Expansion, Russian-Turkish Wars; The Conquest of Khadjibey, The Early Years Under Russian Rule; Several interim conclusions.
4.1.Odessa (Odesa). Period 1794-1822♦
4.2.Odessa (Odesa). Period 1823-1899↑
Period 1823 – 1848; The Crimean War or the Eastern War (1853–1856); Odessa (Odesa) during the Crimean War; Period 1856 – 1899.
4.3.Odessa (Odesa). Period 1900-1914↑
Ukraine during the Revolution of 1905-1907. Political and social movements. “Prosvita”; Odessa: Period 1900 – 1914.
4.4.Odessa (Odesa). Period 1914-1917↑
World War I; Odessa: Period 1914-1917
4.5.Odessa (Odesa). Period 1917-1920↑
LIBERATION STRUGGLES or THE UKRAINIAN REVOLUTION OF 1917-1921
February Revolution. Ukrainian Central Rada; Ukrainian People’s Republic; Ukrainian State; Ukrainian People’s Republic, Directorate; Ukrainian Socialist Soviet Republic; Western Ukrainian People’s Republic, Act of Unification with the Ukrainian People’s Republic; Ukrainian People’s Republic – Ukrainian Socialist Soviet Republic; Polish-Soviet War; Soviet Occupation of Ukraine;
Odessa: Period 1917-1920: Provisional Government of Russia; Ukrainian People’s Republic; The quasi-state entity “Odessa Soviet Republic”; UNR – Ukrainian State – UNR (Directorate). Austro-German Occupation. Entente Forces. White Movement.
4.6.Odessa, Odesa. Period 1920-1991↑
De Facto Annexation of the Ukrainian Socialist Soviet Republic (UkrSSR), “Entry” into the USSR; Establishment and Consolidation of the Bolshevik Regime, Repressions, Holodomor; World War II (September 1, 1939 – September 2, 1945), German-Soviet War (June 22, 1941 – May 8, 1945); Odessa: Period 1921-1941; Odesa: Period 1941-1944; UkrSSR: Peaceful times; Odessa: Period 1944-1991.
3.3.Khadzhibey-Odessa. Period XVIII century. Northern Black Sea Region XVIII century↑
Russian Expansion, Russian-Turkish Wars; The Conquest of Khadjibey, The Early Years Under Russian Rule; Several interim conclusions.
4.1.Odessa (Odesa). Period 1794-1822♦
4.2.Odessa (Odesa). Period 1823-1899↑
Period 1823 – 1848; The Crimean War or the Eastern War (1853–1856); Odessa (Odesa) during the Crimean War; Period 1856 – 1899.
4.3.Odessa (Odesa). Period 1900-1914↑
Ukraine during the Revolution of 1905-1907. Political and social movements. “Prosvita”; Odessa: Period 1900 – 1914.
4.4.Odessa (Odesa). Period 1914-1917↑
World War I; Odessa: Period 1914-1917
4.5.Odessa (Odesa). Period 1917-1920↑
LIBERATION STRUGGLES or THE UKRAINIAN REVOLUTION OF 1917-1921
February Revolution. Ukrainian Central Rada; Ukrainian People’s Republic; Ukrainian State; Ukrainian People’s Republic, Directorate; Ukrainian Socialist Soviet Republic; Western Ukrainian People’s Republic, Act of Unification with the Ukrainian People’s Republic; Ukrainian People’s Republic – Ukrainian Socialist Soviet Republic; Polish-Soviet War; Soviet Occupation of Ukraine;
Odessa: Period 1917-1920: Provisional Government of Russia; Ukrainian People’s Republic; The quasi-state entity “Odessa Soviet Republic”; UNR – Ukrainian State – UNR (Directorate). Austro-German Occupation. Entente Forces. White Movement.
4.6.Odessa, Odesa. Period 1920-1991↑
De Facto Annexation of the Ukrainian Socialist Soviet Republic (UkrSSR), “Entry” into the USSR; Establishment and Consolidation of the Bolshevik Regime, Repressions, Holodomor; World War II (September 1, 1939 – September 2, 1945), German-Soviet War (June 22, 1941 – May 8, 1945); Odessa: Period 1921-1941; Odesa: Period 1941-1944; UkrSSR: Peaceful times; Odessa: Period 1944-1991.
5.1.Odesa. Period 1991-1999♦
Ukraine: The Restoration of Independence. The First Decade; Odesa; Period 1991-1999.
5.2.Odesa. Period 2000-2014↑
Ukraine: The Turbulent and Tragic Events of 2000-2014; Odesa: Period 2000-2014, Tragic Events of 2014.
5.3.Odesa. Period from 2014 to the present time. The Russian-Ukrainian War↑
5.4.Odesa: Present and Future↑
Ukraine: The Restoration of Independence. The First Decade; Odesa; Period 1991-1999.
5.2.Odesa. Period 2000-2014↑
Ukraine: The Turbulent and Tragic Events of 2000-2014; Odesa: Period 2000-2014, Tragic Events of 2014.
5.3.Odesa. Period from 2014 to the present time. The Russian-Ukrainian War↑
5.4.Odesa: Present and Future↑
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