Odessa Ukraine: Another Italian city

[Hektor12]

Odessa was by far the most popular Ukrainian city with Russians before the war.

[renaissance12]

In Russia, too, there are small towns with one-story buildings. I don't think Stockholm is built up with wooden houses. There are such houses only in small towns. This is real Italian architecture, outside of megacities. This is how ordinary Italians live:

Please... that houses are more than 400 years old..

Pick a better example like this : "CAMORRA" buildings SCAMPIA-NAPOLI

[Victor]

Odessa was by far the most popular Ukrainian city with Russians before the war.

Oh, you've been there?

[Victor]

Please... that houses are more than 400 years old..

Pick a better example like this : "CAMORRA" buildings SCAMPIA-NAPOLI

I just wonder why they're not maintained. Reasons may be different but it's not ok.

[Hektor12]

Oh, you've been there?

No, just listening to Russians "how they love Odessa" and i understand why Russia wanted to take Odessa with war. (:

[catgeorge]

Italians forever Plagiarists

[Victor]

No, just listening to Russians "how they love Odessa" and i understand why Russia wanted to take Odessa with war. (:

In Russia St.Petersburg had a second name "Northern Palmira" and Odessa "Southern Palmira" and "Pearl by the sea". That's some of our core lands. Some distant land of the far north in Norilsk may be important by resources and some other reason (normally nobody will give anyone anything), but those lands are essential, more important than anything else, a Promised Land and living space for generations.

[Victor]

No, just listening to Russians "how they love Odessa" and i understand why Russia wanted to take Odessa with war. (:

There's still a big hope that after VERY DESTRUCTIVE as possible fall of minor Donbass towns, Dnepr elites will change the sides (they're not anything's patriots, just $$$ matter) and Odessa regional influential guys (like mayor Trukhanov who was pro-Russian for decades and surprisingly still in power) and criminals will help, too.

None in Dnepr (the most independent clan of Ukraine who installs presidents, like Zelensky, who was "stolen" by Brits) wants to lose all the industry like oligarch Akhmetov lost in Donbass.

None here wants warzone in Odessa, too.

There are enough of influential people in Odessa and Dnepr without taking sides before they realize what future is coming and it's good.

[renaissance12]

Italians forever Plagiarists

Legal system ( civil law and comon law ) romanesqyue and baroque style and Italian fashions and classic music has nothing to do with Greece and Greeks.

For 2000 years, Greece's contribution to civilization has been practically zero.

And we must not forget that the Greeks learned almost everything from the civilizations of the Middle East and Egypt.

[Dušan]

Interesting.