Today, Odessa is the third-largest city in Ukraine, and a major seaport and transportation hub on the Black Sea. Located on the Black Sea, about 450 km south of Kiev, the city has always been known for its cosmopolitan atmosphere as a major seaport and trade center. It is believed that when the Russians took possession in 1789 of the Turkish fortress of Khadzhi-Bei—named Odessa in 1794—Jews were already living in the place. Introduction. It was under Romanian administration as the capital of Transnistra until its liberation (Apr., 1944) by the Soviet Army. The group of settlers commonly referred to as "Germans from Odessa and the Black Sea" were immigrants from western and southern Germany (followed later by Prussian Mennonites and Swabians) who settled on the northern coast of the Black Sea between Odessa and the Caucasus. Odessa… It has been an important factor in the cultural life of the Jews of Russia. This database is an index to 56,029 Jewish births in Odessa, for 1878-89, 1891, 1894, 1896-97, 1900. Theatre opens. Written by Dr. Igor Pleve, for the Center for Volga German Studies at Concordia University. 1802 - Population: 9,000. The wave of anti-Jewish pogroms that swept the Pale of Settlement after Tsar Nicholas II issued the October Manifesto in 1905 reflected the ethnic and political tensions and … In October 1902, Odessa was incorporated with a population of 500. The Germans from Odessa and the Black Sea Definition. 1803 - Duc de Richelieu in power. Jewish communities have existed in the territory of Ukraine from the time of Kievan Rus' (late 9th to mid-13th century) [9] [10] and developed many of the most distinctive modern Jewish theological and cultural traditions such as …
In the latter part of 1919, during the Russian Revolution, the anti-communist White Army engineered pogroms in Kiev, Ukraine and Siberia, Mongolia and Belorussia in Russia… City on the northwestern shore of the Black Sea, forming with the adjoining region a separate district. Robert Weinberg, "The Pogrom of 1905 in Odessa: A Case Study" in Pogroms: Anti-Jewish Violence in Modern Russian History, John D. Klier and Shlomo Lambroza, eds. Odessa—Ukraine’s third most populous city, on the northwestern shore of the Black Sea—has had a relatively short but eventful history. It blossomed from a small Ottoman settlement to a fabulously wealthy and cosmopolitan port city, but from the 19th century onwards, plague, pogroms, war, and revolution would test its spirit.
Entire families came to the Odessa area, bringing with them the German culture they strove to retain throughout the many years of hardships under Russian domination. Odessa suffered greatly in the famine of 1921–22 after the Russian civil war. Despite a heroic defense during World War II, the city fell to German and Romanian forces in Oct., 1941. The formation of various groups of the German Russian population took place over several centuries in different parts of the vast Russian Empire. ... Keeping history alive! The history of the Jews in Ukraine goes back over a thousand years. Odessa: A City Born Again and Again As the third largest city in Ukraine, Odessa has a rich and eclectic history. A Brief History of the Germans in Russia. 19th century. STUDY QUESTIONS. (Cambridge,1992): 248-89. The Emigration from Germany to Russia in the Years 1763 – 1862 by Karl Stumpp (page 805) Auswanderung Aus Schwaben Nach Russland 1816-1823 by Dr. Georg Leibbrandt (Chapter 13) Census Records: Worms, Beresan District Odessa, 1858 Census, 1998 Worms, Beresan District Odessa, 1892 (see BDO Newlsetter Articles) Church Records: 1805 Odessa becomes administrative center of New Russia.

The following table shows the ten largest population groups by language in the city of Odessa from the 1897 census: Since the early 19th century, Odessa has been home to a diverse population which included a large Jewish population. 1804 - Commercial school founded. Therefore, their decisions to leave Russia and move westward were easily made. By the end of the nineteenth century, Odessa had become a cosmopolitan melting pot. In Odessa: a History, 1794 -1914, Patricia Herlihy writes: “In 1897, the first nationwide census of the Russian Empire was taken. Translated from the original Russian text.