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Roisin 'hissed' again, Odessa Port concourse  
   

Roisin 'hissed' again, Odessa Port concourse

Ode to Odessa

May 3rd 2013
By the time we awoke at 08:30 we had already docked in Odessa. The temperature was already in the high 60s. It was going to be another scorcher. I don't know much about Odessa other than Michael Caine was involved with some files in the midst of the Cold War!! Odessa was founded in the late 1700s by Catherine the Great after 4 foreigners in Russian Service met by chance on a Russian Military ... read more
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Ukrainian Flag Ukraine was the center of the first Slavic state, Kievan Rus, which during the 10th and 11th centuries was the largest and most powerful state in Europe. Weakened by internecine quarrels and Mongol invasions, Kievan Rus was incorporated into the Gran... ... read more
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