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The former "Regional scroll of honor", and
Hero's memorial
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front of the Opera Theater is a spacious square, split
by Rishelevskaya Street (Ришельевская). Two houses stood
there before World War Two, but were destroyed by bombing
and never rebuilt.
Before
Ukrainian independence, on the South face of each
building, the square held the prestigious "Regional
Scroll of Honor", a large number of faceplates
that listed 'winners of socialist emulation',
which changed regularly.
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All that remains of the 'winners of socialist
emulation' wall. Notice the explosion mark where
the soviet hammer and sickle once were.
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only the marble inscribed names on the East wall
for the "Heroes of the USSR" born in the
Odessa Region, still exist. |
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To
the right of the inscriptions, a soviet era statue guards
this wall.
(Click here
for more on Soviet era statues) |
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capitalism, in the form of the brand new Mozart
hotel, recently remodeled, and erased the last remnants
of the "Heroes of Social Labor" inscriptions
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Tree
markers
Occasionally
in Odessa, near an old, grand tree, you can find a
marker at its base. One of these tree markers is in
front of a large tree next to the stairs behind the
opera theater.
Another
tree marker, located at Lva Tolstovo 9 (Льва Толстово)
states generally the same information:
Ukrainian
SSR Local State Botanical Nature Monument Bolle
poplar planted in 1883 Odessa Greenery and Plants
department Protected
by the state.
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