Odesa: History, Former Names & Timeline
A new Black Sea port founded by Catherine II; the richest trading city of southern Russia in the nineteenth century.
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Former names of Odesa
| From | Name | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 1794 | Odessa |
Timeline of Odesa
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1794 | Catherine II orders the city founded |
| 1905 | Mutiny on the battleship Potemkin |
| 1941 | Siege of Odesa |
Who ruled Odesa
Derived from the border maps; each row runs until the next recorded border change.
| Period | State |
|---|---|
| 500 BC–201 BC | Unclaimed / no data |
| 200 BC–101 BC | Scythians |
| 100 BC–2 BC | Sarmatians |
| 1 BC–399 | Unclaimed / no data |
| 400–499 | Ostrogoths |
| 500–699 | Unclaimed / no data |
| 700–799 | Danube Bulgars |
| 800–999 | Magyars |
| 1000–1099 | Pechenegs |
| 1100–1199 | Alans |
| 1200–1299 | Principality of Galicia-Volhynia |
| 1300–1399 | Khanate of the Golden Horde |
| 1400–1491 | Blue Horde |
| 1492–1782 | Ottoman Empire |
| 1783–1919 | Russian Empire |
| 1920–1929 | USSR |
| 1930–1937 | White Russia |
| 1938–1993 | USSR |
| 1994–today | Ukraine |
Nearby cities
- Sevastopol · about 302 km
- Bucharest · about 426 km
- Kyiv · about 442 km