writers

odessan

Mikhail Zhvanetsky

The Odessan number One, a humorist and satirist, whose efforts strengthened the vivid myth of Odessa

1 October 1926

radio broadcasting has started in Odessa

3 October 1852

Kyriak Kostandi, a prominent Ukrainian painter of Greek descent, was born in Dofinovka near Odessa

6 October 1941

Teofil Richter, the father of the great pianist Sviatoslav Richter, executed by the NKVD in Odessa

8 October 1911

was born an actor and singer of Jewish ancestry Mark Bernes. The song "Shalandy" performed by Bernes is one of the best known Odessa songs

10 October 1898

battleship "Prince Potemkin of Taurida" was laid down at the Nikolayev Admiralty Shipyard

15 October 1897

was born Ilya Ilf, a popular writer and journalist of Jewish origin who worked in collaboration with Yevgeni Petrov