EditorialTombstone. "Parting scene" in relief. Deceased stretched in a triclinium. Dated in the first centuries after Christ. Roman period. From ancient Greek city of Olbia. Archaeological Museum of Odessa. Ukraine.
EditorialUkraine. Odessa. Sculpture of Ceres, goddess of agriculture, carrying the attributes of the sickle and the spike. Facade of the town hall of the city.
EditorialHunting near Odessa. A hunt in jarga form near Odessa. A miniature painting from a sixteenth century manuscript of Mirkhvand's Rawzat al-Safa. Rawzat al-Safa. Turkey, 1599. Source: Or. 5736, f.187v. Language: Persian.
EditorialLoss of HMS Tiger, May 12th 1854. View of the bombardment of Odesa, ship on fire on the left. Captions read 'Vesuvius' and 'Niger'. Lettered 'COLNAGHI'S AUTHENTIC SERIES' lower left. According to Parker, "The small British frigate Tiger, 16, Captain H....
EditorialThe bombardment of Odessa, April 22nd 1854. Sea-view of an explosion on the left, and ships lined up firing cannons on the right. Lettered "Explosion of the Magazine 1PM Saturday April 22nd by a Shell thrown in by / H.M.S. Retribution from the Quarter ...
EditorialThe Russian battleship Potemkin. Battleship built for the Imperial Russian Navy's Black Sea Fleet. It became famous when the crew rebelled against the officers in June 1905 (during that year's revolution). The Potemkin bombing Odessa. Illustration by A...