Odesa (Óblast)

"La óblast de Odesa es una óblast (provincia) del sudoeste de Ucrania. Su capital es Odesa. Tiene una superficie de 33.000 km², abarcando el 5,5% de territorio de país. Su población alcanza en 2013 los 2.395.358 habitantes, cerca de 5% de la población del país. Demográficamente la región es considerada un enclave multiétnico: ucranianos - 62,8% (principalmente en la zona norte); rusos - 20,7%; búlgaros - 6,1%; rumanos - 5%; gagaúzes - 1,1%; judíos - 0,5%; armenios - 0,3%; gitanos - 0,2% (censo 2001). Incluye la parte sur del territorio histórico de Besarabia llamado Budjak, que perteneció históricamente al Principado de Moldavia y que fue anexionado en 1812 por el Imperio ruso, se unió al Reino de Rumanía en 1918 y ha sido nuevamente ocupado por la Unión Soviética en 1940 en virtud del Pacto Ribbentrop-Mólotov. Por su mayor parte la población de Budjak consta de ucranianos, rusos, rumanos, búlgaros, gagaúzes y gitanos. Actualmente el gobernador de la óblast es Mijeíl Saakashvili, conocido internacionalmente por haber sido también presidente de Georgia."

"Odessa Oblast (in Russian: , Odesskaya oblast'; in Ukrainian: , Odes'ka oblast'; is an oblast or province of southwestern Ukraine located along the northern coast of the Black Sea. Its administrative center is the city of Odessa. Population: 2,396,442(2015 est.) The region is the biggest in Ukraine by area making it as big as either Belgium or the Netherlands. The length of sea and estuaries coast reaches 300 km (190 mi), while the state border 1,200 km (750 mi). The region has eight sea ports, over 80,000 ha (200,000 acres) of vineyards, and five of the biggest lakes in Ukraine. One of the biggest one is Yalpuh Lake which is as big as the city of Odessa itself. Its administrative center Odessa is the third biggest city in Ukraine and known in Ukraine as the Black Sea Pearl or the Southern Palmyra. The cities of Odessa was the first city in Ukraine that saw a car with the internal combustion engine that was brought to the city back in 1891 by Vasiliy Navrotskiy, the chief editor of Odesskiy Listok. The cobblestone on vulytsia Deribasivska was made out the Vesuvius volcano lava and was brought to Odessa from his native Naples by the founder of Odessa Jose de Ribas. Under that street stretch out the Odessa catacombs, the area of which is bigger than catacombs of Paris or Rome."