Arcadia (Odesa)

Arcadia Park is a small park in Odesa, Ukraine, located up to 2014 in the historical quarter Arcadia, at the end of the Genuezska Street, down from the 10th of April Square, on the coast of the Gulf of Odesa. The park is known for its numerous restaurants, bars and nightclubs. The famous beach Arcadia Beach is located here. The best known place in the park is its Central Avenue, which threads down from the Genuezska Street to the sea coast, where the beach is located. Extensive reconstruction of the park, mostly on its Central Avenue, was started in January 2014. Nearly all the plants and greenery were demolished, the central avenue was covered with granite pavement tiles. Also, massive marble fountains and planters were constructed. The fountains are covered by plywood in the winter time. A little trees, mainly pines and palms, transported from Italy, were planted.

Arcadia Beach (Ukrainian: Пляж Аркадія, romanized: Pliazh Arkadiia) is Odesa, Ukraine's most famous beach. It is located in the Arcadia quarter. The founders of Odesa chose this name for this area in the hopes it would help make it a success as a holiday resort. There is a main beach which has water slides and several smaller beaches. Arcadia is a popular beach, health resort, and summer nightspot in Odesa. Its nightclubs are open from May through September, and are Odesa's primary nightlife during that time.

Odesa Botanical Garden is a botanical garden in Odesa, Ukraine. It is subordinated to Odesa University and consists of two territories: old territory and new territory.

Cape Malyi Fontan (sometime translated as Small Fontan, Ukrainian: Мис Малий Фонтан) is a cape in the central part of the Gulf of Odessa. It is located in the centre of the City of Odessa, in the site of Arkadia. The Hydrobiological Station of the Odessa University is located on the cape.

The Odesa Military Academy is a modern higher military institution of the inter-services Armed Forces of Ukraine. It is one of the oldest military academies in the former Russian Empire, having been active for more than a century. has deep historical traditions and more than a century of history. The academy conducts language training for servicemen and employees of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, advanced training of military personnel and scientific and pedagogical workers, and the preparation of students in the training of reserve officers.

The Filatov Institute is a research institute and a large ophthalmology (eye) hospital in Odesa, Ukraine. It was founded by Vladimir Filatov, an academic ophthalmologist. Its mission is the study of eye diseases and injuries, the training of ophthalmologists and the provision of eye care in Ukraine. The institute has 700 staff including 27 professors.

Odesa State Environmental University (Ukrainian: Одеський державний екологічний університет) is a university in Odesa, Ukraine.

Odesa Film Studio (Ukrainian: Одеська кіностудія художніх фільмів, Russian: Одесская киностудия художественных фильмов) is the Ukrainian, formerly Soviet film studio in Odesa, one of the first in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union. It is partially owned by a government and supervised by the Department of State property fund of Ukraine together with the Ministry of Culture. Together with Dovzhenko Film Studios they are the only state-owned and major film producers in the country. The studio is located at Frantsuzky bulvar 33 (33 French Boulevard), Odesa, Ukraine. In a close vicinity to it is located a smaller film studio House of Mask.

Odesa National Polytechnic University (Ukrainian: Національний університет «Одеська політехніка», romanized: Natsionalnyi universytet «Odeska politekhnika») is a Ukrainian public institution of higher education and research in Odesa, Ukraine.

Army Sports Club Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Odesa, Ukraine. The stadium holds 15,000 people. The stadium is located close to the Kulykove Pole in Odesa, between Seminarska vulytsia and Pyrohovska vulytsia. The stadium was built in 1966 in place of the old wooden Kharchovyk Stadium that existed in its place since 1927. The initiative to rebuilt the stadium belonged to the Soviet general Hamazasp Babadzhanian. The stadium was a home stadium of SKA Odesa and its successor municipal SC Odesa.

The Gulf of Odesa, or Odesa Bay, (Ukrainian: Одеська затока, Odeska zatoka) is a part of the Black Sea between North Odesa Cape in the north and Cape Velykyi Fontan in the south.

Kulykove Pole (Ukrainian: Куликове поле, lit. 'Wader Field') is a garden square and necropolis located in the Prymorskyi raion of Odesa, in a historical centre of the city. It is located near Odesa railway station. Over the years the square has been known for various festivities. In times of the Russian Empire, it was the site of Easter, Christmas and military parades, the 1909 celebration of the 200th anniversary of the Muscovy victory in the Battle of Poltava, the 100th Anniversary of the end of the French invasion of Russia, and other events. During the Soviet times, it was the site of military parades and 1 May demonstrations. In Ukraine, Kulykove Pole is known as a place of the annual Humorina celebration on April Fools' Day. The etymology of the place's name is uncertain and still under discussion. One hypothesis links the name to a family called Kulikowski who had their estate on the site. Another suggests it was named after the Battle of Kulikovo.