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Yes, you read that right, this community of Odessa region - @vpodessa. As here accepted, the community decided to meet.
Geography
Odessa region is one of the biggest areas of modern Ukraine. It is home to 2 million 395 thousand people. Of them in the urban areas of 1 million 585 thousand people; rural – 810 thousand people.
In the region there are 52 city (includes Towns). The region has 4 cities with population of 50 thousand people. The same number of cities with population from 20 to 50 thousand people (this category includes the city Kotovsk/Podolsk), with a population of 47 thousand people.
The region borders: in the South from Nikolaev and Kherson areas. From North located Vinnytsia and Kirovohrad region. On the West side are Moldova and Transnistria. In the South-West is home Romania.
A few historical words
According to archaeological excavations. The first people appeared on the territory of modern Odessa region, in the period from 40 to 13 thousand years ago.
From 7th to 2nd century BC in the southern steppe was inhabited by the Iranian tribes of the Scythians. Starting from the 4th century BC there began to settle Greek settlers to form the city-state.
1 to 3 century in our territory the Romans came. But already in the 3rd century, then came the Goths. A century – Huns. From the 4th century, the space belonged to the Slavs, who were ousted by the Pechenegs. Immediately after them there lived the Cumans. After these tribes on the territory of Odessa region appeared Mongol-Tatars.
In the early 15th century, the territory passed under the government of Lithuania. But with the 1480-ies the power was seized by Turkey. Although right look. These lands three centuries in a row became the scene of hostilities. Through steppe the Turkish-Tatar army regularly attacked the Western lands. But it is here that the Cossacks began to meet the enemy. Skirmishes between the Cossacks and the Turkish-Tatar troops began in the 16th century. In this period there began to appear the Cossack settlement. In particular, in 1753, was founded Sloboda Cossack Ananias on the site of the modern city Ananiev.
Directly to the Odessa oblast was created on 27 February 1932. August 2, 1940, in the Odessa region there are an additional 5 districts. Finally, the territory of Odessa region was formed February 15, 1954, when the region was included Izmail district, and Voznesensk, Pervomaisk and other neighbouring regions was included in the Mykolaiv region.
A few words about the plans
The community will be dedicated to the whole Odessa region: geography, history, peoples living on its territory, and so on. You will learn a lot of interesting not only from the history of the region, but also of the present.
There will be given a lot of advice to tourists and other visitors to the region. You learn the customs and mores of all peoples who live here. Community blog Steneto your travel guide, and a place for communication.
Separately will be raised pressing issues. That is, will organize various offline activities aimed at improving not only the lives of ordinary citizens, but also the ecology of the region.
Virtually all fees at the first stage will be converted to SG, for the development of the community. Terms of cooperation with the sponsors and investors will be painted later. Stay tuned.
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