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Archeology Museum
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археологический
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Lanzheronovskaya 4
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Ланжероновская 4
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5 Hr
2 Hr Ukrainian
Jewlery and coins room in basement
5 Hr purchase at desk |
22-63-02 |
10 am - 5 pm
Closed Monday
During Remodeling only open Saturday and Sunday |
arhaeology@farlep.net www.arhaeology.farlep.odessa.ua |
Two high priced books are available to expalin
what is available in the museum: "Ancient Greek
Sites on the Northwest Coast of the Black Sea"
$25 (English, Russian) "Greek and Cypriot Antiques
in the Archeological Museum of Odessa" $25 (English,
Greek)
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5 Hr Photos
10 Hr Video Camera |
The archeaology museum is the oldest museum
of the city, founded in 1825. The original
building was designed by the architect G.
Toriccelli.
Sixty years later, the collection of the museum
grew to big for the original building. In
1883, with the classical style design of architect
F. Gonsiorovsky, the museum was rebuilt as
it stands today .
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In front of the museum, sheltered by fir
trees, is a white sculpture labeled "LAOCOON".
This is a replica of the sculpture created
by Agesander, Athenodorus, and Polydorus in
125 BC, unearthed in Rome in 1508 and now
in the Vatican. "In Greek mythology, Laocoon
is a priest of Apollo who warned the Trojans
that the wooden horse left at the gates of
the city by the Greeks was a ruseful device
to trick the Trojans. While he and his two
sons were sacrificing to Poseidon at the seashore,
two serpents came from the water and crushed
them. The Trojans interpreted this event as
a sign of the gods’ disapproval of Laocoon’s
prophecy, and they brought the wooden horse
into the city. Subsequent events vindicated
Laocoon’s judgment, however, since the horse
was filled with Greeks, who waited until night
and then sacked Troy. [this statue] shows
Laocoon and his sons in their death struggle.
This Hellenistic sculpture had an important
influence on the artists of the Renaissance."
--Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th Edition, 2001
The entrance has a portico of four "Corinthian"
columns resembling a Roman temple. Located
on a steep hill leading down to the Port,
the museum is asymmetrical (disporportional).
Flanking the entrance on either side are small
grave memorials from the nomadic Polovsty
tribe in the 12th century."
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In the summer of 2002, the museum was being
extensively remodeled. Many of the pieces
are currently not being exibited, and only
the basement and art gallery are open. This
work will be finished in the summer of 2003
at the earliest. During this time, the museum
is only open Saturday and Sunday.
The eleven halls, when opened again, will
have over 160,000 exhibits.
It has local collections as well as Greek,
and Roman artifacts. Displayed are late Bronze
age and Trypilian artifacts, and Black Sea
Hellenic sculptures.
The Egyptian hall, a dark room in far corner
of the basement, is the most interesting exhibit
in the museum. It is the third largest Egyptian
collection of the former USSR, superceded
only by the Lenigngrad and Moscow museums.
The collection has funeral inventory, seven
wood and stone sarcophagi, and hieroglyphic
stone slabs and fragments of papyrus.
In the basement is a special room (that costs
an extra 5 Hr) of coins dating back to the
5th century from across the world. This room
also has jewlery from the early Greek Black
Sea settlements (5th century to 1st century
BC).
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Belshchunov A.V. museum,
Private collection of
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Частных Коллекций А.В. Блещунова
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Polskaya 19
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Польская 19
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2 Hr |
22-10-81 |
10 am to 5 pm
Closed Wednesday |
www.farlep.net/~bulat |
10 Hr for English guide
5 Hr Russian guide |
Not allowed |
The plaque on the front of this building says:
The exhibits presented to the city from the
collection of public worker and collector Alexander
Vladimirovich BLESCHUNOV (1914-1991) serve as
a basis for the Museum of personal collections
named after A.V. Bleschunov |
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This museum is similar to the East and West
museum but much smaller and cramped, located
in the former apartment of Alexander Belshchunov.
Belshchunov collected art from around the world
in the early 20th century. During his lifetime
his apartment was a meeting place for many of
the most prominent artists of Odessa. In his
will he gave the city his apartment and his
entire collection. Exhibits are arranged by
theme rather than chronology. This collection
includes a western European hall with German
porcelain and fans, the oriental room, a Greek
Orthodox room with many icons, a Central Asia
room with Persian carpets, a Ukrainian room
with icons painted on canvas and folk arts,
and a room devoted to the history of Odessa
in the 19th and eary 20th century. |
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East and West Art Museum
Odessa Museum of Western and Oriental Art
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Западного и Восточного Искусства
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Pushkinskaya 9
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Пушкинская 9
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3 Hr
2 Hr Ukrainian |
22-84-90 |
10 pm - 6 pm
Cashier works until 5pm
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omwea@paco.net
www.mednet.odessa.ua/mz/zvi/ |
At the desk is the light green and brown covered
book with the title "Одесский Музей Западного
и Восточного Искусства" (Odessa Museum
of Western and Oriental Art). The first section
of this 56 page book is in Russian, the second
section is in English, and the third is in German.
Pictures of the Museum pieces are shown throughout
the book in all three languages.
No English guide
Russian guide 15 Hryvnia |
15 photograph
30 video camera |
The museum was built by architect Ludwig Otton
in 1856. Before the Soviet revolution it was
owned by a rich merchant. The museum was founded
in 1920. It's collections include western European
and oriental antique art. The Western European
collection includes canvases by Italian, French,
and Dutch painters. |
A quaint palace with a light blue four column
entrance. The entrance has a large hall in renaissance
and baroque styles. A marble stairway leads
to the second floor. The interior is richly
decorated with molded ceilings, and parquet
floors made from exotic woods. |
The museum has over 6,000 exhibits, on two
floors, in twenty three halls. Its three sections
are antique, Western European, and Oriental
art. The biggest collection is Western European
art. Italian art is the most comprehensive.
There are also paintings by Dutch and French
painters. The collection includes art dating
from the 15th century Renaissance period up
to the early twentieth century.
The museum also has a three room modern art
gallery. |
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Художественный |
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Sofievskaya 5A
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Софиевская 5A
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2 HR |
23-72-87
23-84-62 |
10:30 am to 5 pm
Closed Tuesday |
museum.odessa.net/fineartsmuseum |
40 Hr English translator and guide,
20 Hr Russian guide
(Please note: it appears that the English guide
works sporadically, it is probably best to call
ahead) |
photos and video camera are forbidden |
The palace was built between 1805-1810 in
Russian classic style by an unknown architect.
It was once owned by S. Potoksky. The plaque
on the front of the palace states that: "This
palace was donated to Odessa in 1889 by Grigori
Marazili a well known arts-patron, to build
the fine arts museum" The musem was opened in
1899.
The original art collection consisted of a small
educational collection of pictures of the Odessa
drawing school. Over seventy paintings were
donated by the the St. Petersburg museum of
Arts.
Before the Soviet Revolution the expostion contained
many canvases by Western European masters, but
almost no works of Ukrainian art. After the
revolution, siezed private Odessa collections
were also incorperated into the musuem.
During World War Two, most of the exhibits were
evacuated to the rear of the building.
Since Ukrainian independence, many of the pictures
glorifying the Soviet Union have since been
removed.
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The palace has a six column Corynthian porticio,
bas-relief frieze, and lateral wings forming
a deep semicircular court. The many spacious
halls of the palace have painted and moulded
celing decorations, fine marble mantlepieces,
and patterened parquette floors. --Information
gathered partially from the very patriotic "Odessa
State Art Gallery" Brochure, written by Y.A.
Galker during the Soviet Union
On the east wall, under the bust of a woman,
and above the wreath, the memorial plaque states:
KAS’KO Natalia Iosypivna, Honoured worker of
culture in Ukraine, Director of Museum, 1980-1995 |
Today the museum's twenty-six halls display
a rich collection of paintings. There is also
a collection of 15th-16th century Russian icons.
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Greek Collection Fund
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Фонд Греческой Культуры
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Krasny 20
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Красный переулок 20
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free |
23-82-72 |
10 am - 5 pm
Monday-Friday |
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No translator |
photos and video camera are forbidden |
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Odessa was always a center of revolutionary
movements. In 1814 a secret revolutionary society
of Greek patriots, "Philiki Eteria" was founded.
The society played a major role in preparing
for the Greek national liberation revolution
of 1821-1829. This museum honors these revolutionaries.
This is a small two floor musuem, unless you
are of Greek decent and are interested in the
history of Greece, this museum is really not
worth seeing. |
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Historic Defense of Odessa
Museum
(WW II)
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Героической Обороны Одессы
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Dacha Kovalevskogo 150
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Дача Ковалевского150
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1 Hr
Students and children 50 kopecks
Veterans free |
44-45-27 |
10 am -5:30 pm
Friday closed |
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2 times more than entrance free |
free |
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The very best part of this museum is actually
on the outside. The park surrounding it has
a large number of weapons, including several
tanks, a boat, dozens of mines, a converted
war tramvy, and an entire submarine. During
W.W.II several gigantic anti-air guns where
stationed here. One has been fully restored.
In the trenches where several soldiers lost
their lives, a visitor now can see children
jumping their bicycles.
This small two room museum, wrapped in Patriotic
Soviet Red has many pictures, posters, and small
weapons from the ' great patriotic war'. |
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History and Local Lore Museum
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Историко-Краеведческий
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Gavannaya 4
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Гаванная 4
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5 Hr |
22-84-90
Fax: 25-05-02 |
10pm - 4:30 pm
Friday closed |
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10 Hr Russian guide
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15 Hr camera
30 Hr Video camera |
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This museum covers the entire history of Odessa
from the 14th century to present day. This museum
has tens of thousands of pictures and photographs
of Odessa, giving the patron a real sense of
the spirit of Odessa. The book "Odessa in graphic
works in the 19th century" (See guide to books
and webpages, page ***) has almost a hundred
of these pictures. Included in the exhibits
are historical theater tickets, documents, money,
military metals, and historical clothing. Old
weapons and other exhibits illistrate Russian
wars against the Ottoman Empire. Many of the
exhibits show the Ukrainian liberation war against
Polish magnates in 1648-1654. Included is a
section on the Crimean War (1853-1856). There
is also a section entiled "Sister Cities" showing
the many international cities that Odessa has
close ties with.
Inquire about the world war 2 museum (вторая
мировая война музей), which is located in the
back through a picturesque courtyard with life-sized
statues of famous figures. The WW II museum
is a large room full of equipment and photos
of World War Two, including tropheys captured
in battle, the banners of the military units
that liberated the city, and the weapons and
personal belongings of the Soviet soilders. |
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Humor Museum
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Музей Одесских юморин
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Lanjeron Beach
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плаж Ланжерон
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7 Hryvna adults
5 Hryvna children |
721-03-28 |
10 am - 9 pm |
odessapassage.com
Russian |
Russian tour free |
free |
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Literary Museum
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Литературный
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Lanzheronovskaya 2
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Ланжероновская 2
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9 Hr
3 Hr Ukrainian
Literary Museum courtyard Price: 2 Hr entrance
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22-33-70 |
10 am - 4:30 pm
Closed Monday |
museum.odessa.net/litmuseum
Russian only |
54 Hr for English Translator
42 Hr for Russian Translator |
Museum:
280 Hr photos
350 Hr video camera
Liteterary museum courtyard
21 Hr video camera
10 Hr photos |
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This palace was constructed in Russian classical
style by Ludwig Otton for Count Gargarin in
1842.
The plaque to the right of the entrance states:
Odessa State Literary Museum.
To Brygin N.A. – founder of Odessa Literary
Museum, 1927 – 1985
There is a large black anchor next to a white
marble plaque near the entrance to the Literary
museum. The inscription reads:
150 years of the Black Sea Shipping Company
The dates 1833-1983 are inscribed on the back.
For a full description of the Literary Museum
courtyard, see page **
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The Seventeen halls located on the second
floor, and are chronologically divided into
six collections that trace the history of literature
in Odessa of almost two hundred writers. The
exhibits highlight the Odessa periods in the
biographies of Russian, Ukrainian and foreign
poets, journalists, and authors who lived in
Odessa --including Pushkin,
Gogol,
Chekhov, Gorky, and Tolstoy. Many open books
and old newspapers are on display.
On the first floor are different monthly photo
and art exhibitions. These exhibits are excellent,
illustrating a unique part of Odessa culture,
and well worth a visit even if the patron has
no interest in literature. Exhibitions change
at the beginning of the month. Occasionally
these exhibitions have English captions.
There is a Bookstore left of the exibition hall,
down hallway. It has picture art and history
books, collection of history, art, theater,
and literary books in Russian |
Maritime Museum |
Морсского Флота Украины
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Lanzheronovskaya 6
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Ланжероновская 6
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2 Hr
1 Hr children |
25-02-50 |
10 am -5 pm
Thursday closed |
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8 Hr Russian tour |
Not allowed |
This museum was originally the English club.
The plaque at the entrance states that in 1918
this was the headquartes of the Odessa Regional
Communist Party of Ukraine Commitee.
It was opened as the USSR naval museum in 1965,
being Odessa's youngest city museum.. |
The palace was built in 1842 by G. Toriccelli
in classical style.
Like the archeology museum, the naval museum
was built on a sharp incline. The facade facing
the Opera Theater has only one story, and the
side facing the Archeology museum has two. The
white hall off the museum with its classical
lines and large windows is the most beautiful.
Both the interior and exterior have been completly
renovated and new exhibition halls have been
built. |
The museum has a vast collection tracing the
history of Russian/Ukrainian shipbuilding from
ancient times to the present. Over 100,000 exhibits
are on display in the eleven halls.
This museum has many documents, photographs,
diagrams, maps, and finely made ship models,
from ancient sailing boats called koches to
modern nuclear powered vessels. Also there are
instruments found on a bridge of a ship and
in the radio cabin.
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Military History Museum
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Военно-исторический
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Pirogovskaya 2
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Пироговская 2
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Free but need a group of 10-20 people a "collective" |
29-81-25 |
11 am - 4 pm
Monday and Tuesday closed |
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Need to call before to set up excursion, prices
vary |
Varies |
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Several large weapons such as tanks, planes
and rockets flank this museum. The first visit
to this museum we were told that a person visiting
this museum must be part of a "collective" (group).
No matter how much we offered to pay, they would
not let us go inside, sighting the price of
electricity. The second time we visited the
woman said she had to call her supervisor. Her
supervisor was not in so we were asked to wait
for a half hour. We declined. |
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Port Museum
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Одесского Морского Порта
Музей
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Lanzjeronovskaya spusk (decent--stairs)
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Ланжероновская спуск 2
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Free |
729-38-57 |
10 am -5 pm
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No excurions |
No photographs near map |
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Directly on the other side of this small museum
is another cannon. Behind and above the cannon,
on the wall, is a large golden plaque. (See
page ** for more information on this plaque). |
This Three hall museum was open in 1998. It
was orignially the private collection of documents
about the port, but has since expanded to include
hundreds of photos of the port. It contains
several detailed maps of old Odessa since its
birth.
In a newly opened hall, there is a 15 foot model
of the entire Odessa port.
The staff is incredibly friendly. Often a Ukrainian
woman, the daughter of the founder of this museum,
will happily give a free tour to visitors in
English. |
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Пушкинa музей
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Pushkinskaya 13
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Пушкинская 13
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9 Hr for tourists
3 Hr for Ukrainians |
22-10-81 |
10 am - 6 pm
Closed Wednesday |
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42 Hr for Russian speaking guide
54 Hr for French speaking guide
No English guide |
Ask at counter, "Usually no photographs allowed" |
Pushkin
lived here for a year while in Russian
exile. (Refer
to Puskin Bust for more on Puskin) |
The museum was built in 1821 by an unknown
architect. "What lends it particular charm is
the original combination of horizontal and vertical
components. The facade is divided into three
vertical parts, with the two side ones protruding.
All three have a common horizontal relief in
the form of a cornice over the second story
and a bar, which completes the third story built
later on. The second story windows are also
topped by elegant cornices." (from Odessa a
guide, Ruduga Publishers, 1984)
In 1999, for the 200th anniversity of the Puskin's
birth, the city erected a monument of the poet
in tuxedo, top hat and cane, in front of the
museum. This monument instantly became one of
the favorite photo sites for visitors to Odessa. |
The guides in this museum are
quite uptight and may snipe at a visitor for
being too loud. Next to Pushkin's
writing room, on the right side wall is a pencil
drawing of E.K. Vorontsova 1792-1880, which
is an itimate picture of Pushkin.
Many original manuscripts from Pushkin's
writings, often with dowdling of women in the
margins and many crosssed out and changed words..
A visitor gets a great idea of how Pushkin
wrote. On the left side
of the reading room is a copy of a page from
Pushkin's
book "Eugene Onegin", which Pushkin
wrote two chapters of
while in Odessa. In the right wing, in the last
room, on the top shelf of the cupboard is a
fabulous picture of the mayor's office as it
appeared on the 10th of April 1889. There are
also several other old picture of Odessa. In
the left wing, the first picture on the left
of Pushkin's bust is a photo of Sergy Lvovich,
Pushkin
's father (1800), and
a picture of Pushkin
's mother, Nedejda ("hope"
in Russian) Osipovna (1810).
The third picture from Pushkin's Bust, is Pushkin's
uncle, Vasily Lvovich.
Above Pushkin's uncle is a picture of Pushkin
in his youth.
The beautiful watercolor, fifth picture from
Pushkin's Bust, is Natalya Nikolaevna, Pushkin's
wife.
On the opposite wall, next to the curtains,
is a picture of Pushkin's
great uncle, Ivan Abramovich Gannibal.
The second picture on the opposite wall is Abram
Petrovich Gannibal, Pushkin's
great grandfather.
In the corner is a picture of the woman in black
is Natalya Nikolaevna Lanckaya, Pushkin's
wife in mourning after Pushkin's
death. She remarried after his death, so her
last name has changed (1842).
From the wall are pictures of Pushkin's
children:
Masha
Alexander
Natasha
Gregory
Pushkin
had eight children, four which died.
In the corner, a gold bordered round picture
shows Pushkin
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Pushkin's
sister, Olga Serebna Pavlishcheva is next to
Pushkin's
picture.
The picture with a green border and redish brown
wood, is Leb, Pushkin's
brother.
In the next room are colorful pictures done
by children of Pushkin
and his life. |
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Wax museum
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музей восковых фигур
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Rishelevskaya 4
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Ришельевская 4
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11 Hr |
22-34-36 |
10 am - 10 pm
Everday |
odessapassage.com
Russian |
No excursion, but recording in english and
Russian for free |
7 Hr Camera and video |
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