Monument to the founders of Odesa
Monument to the founders of Odesa, also known as monument to Empress Catherine II of Russia and her companions: José de Ribas, François Sainte de Wollant, Platon Zubov and Grigory Potemkin was a monument located in Odesa, Ukraine, on Katerynska Square. The original monument was built in 1900 by the project of Odesa architect Yuri Melent’evich Dmitrenkor, Sculptor M. Popov, with the participation of sculptors B.V. Eduards, M.D. Mentsione, engineer A. Sikorski. This monument was toppled by the Bolsheviks in 1920. The monument was restored in 2007 with the private funds of Ruslan Tarpan, an Odesa businessman and member of the Odesa City Council.As part of derussification in Ukraine, it was dismantled on December 28, 2022.
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Katerynynska Square, Odesa Centre
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| Latitude | Longitude |
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| N 46.4873 ° | E 30.7393 ° |
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Державний прапор України
Katerynynska Square
65026 Odesa, Centre
Odesa Oblast, Ukraine
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