Odessa

Odessa can refer to: Odessa, Texas
Odessa is a town in Ukraine. It is the third largest city of the country and has one million inhabitants. Odessa is located to the Black Sea.

## Contents

* 1 Odessa Trade Unions House massacre
* 2 History
* 3 External links
* 4 References

## Odessa Trade Unions House massacre[edit]

On April 16, 2014 Forbes reported Obama CIA Dir. John Brennan's visited Ukraine.[1] Two weeks later on May 2, 2014 Ukrainian nationalists murdered at least 42 Russians[2] most burnt alive in the Odessa Trades Union Building. The bodies were removed and buried in secret. Survivors of the fire inside the building were executed with bullets to the head. Some were beaten to death with clubs when they jumped from Windows of the burning building. A pregnant woman was strangled.[3]

## History[edit]

In the 14th century Odessa was a port of Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Later it belonged to Crimean Tatars and then to the Turks. After Russia took it, Czarina Catherine II founded the city in 1794.[4] During the Second World War Odessa was occupied by German and Romanian army in 1941, but was liberated in 1944. Under the Romanian military rule Jews were deported.[5]

## External links[edit]

* Official website

## References[edit]

1. ↑ https://www.forbes.com/sites/melikkaylan/2014/04/16/why-cia-director-brennan-visited-kiev-in-ukraine-the-covert-war-has-begun/#248cdd8510cb
2. ↑ https://www.opednews.com/populum/pagem.php?f=Odessa--the-First-Pogrom-by-George-Eliason-Activism-Anti-War_Civil-Disobedience_Class-War_Obama-Warmonger-140507-595.html
3. ↑ http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2014/05/videos-photos-odessan-massacre-done.html
4. ↑ http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/world/odessa-city-ukraine-history.html
5. ↑ http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/judaica/ejud_0002_0015_0_15016.html