Andrey Krasnozhon / Odessa era of Count Vorontsov

The history of Odessa and the city today cannot be imagined without the legacy left by Count Field Marshal Mikhail Vorontsov to him. After all, it was he who turned Odessa into the main port city of the south, having achieved the extension of port-free for another 10 years, when he completed the arrangement of the Botanical Garden and Primorsky Boulevard, and directly under his leadership the Vorontsov Palace, the building of the city exchange (today's city hall) were built and, Of course, the famous Potemkin Stairs.              What brought Vorontsov to Odessa, and what guided the governor general in equipping Bessarabia and the port city? What architectural solutions did he use and whose traditions did he continue? What was Odessa Vorontsov era? We will look for answers to these and many other questions on January 28 in Terminal 42 together with a doctor of historical sciences, a local historian and archaeologist Andrei Krasnozhon.              The main points of the lecture:       - What brought Vorontsov to Odessa: “honorary exile” or responsible appointment?       - Vorontsov as a military man: Borodino, Kraon, Varna.       - Archeology of the Vorontsov Palace: from antiquity to the epitaphs of the Jewish cemetery and mysterious dungeons.       - Features of the Turkish room of the Odessa Palace: oriental panels and trophy plates of the Sultan.       - Vorontsov, urban planner: successor to Richelieu's undertakings in Odessa.       - The giant staircase on Primorsky Boulevard: the importance of construction and prototypes.       - Scientific, intellectual projects of Vorontsov and the origin of Odessa mythology.              About Speaker:Andrey Krasnozhon, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Head of the Department of History of Ukraine, Konstantin D. Ushinsky UNPU Historian, archaeologist. Specialist in the history of cities and fortresses of the North-Western Black Sea region of the XV-XVIII centuries. Author of scientific monographs on the history of the construction of the Akkerman fortress and the evolution of ensembles of Izmail, Kiliya, Ochakova, Bender. A separate area of ​​scientific interest is the history of Turkish Hadzhibey and early Odessa.              Early ticket until 12/31 - 100 UAH.       Standard ticket from 1.01 to 01.27 - 150 UAH       On the day of the event - 200 UAH.       https://terminal42.com.ua/product/odessa-epohi-grafa-vorontsova/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=vorontsov&utm_content=event       Let's learn the history of our hometown together!       See you at Terminal 42!