Draft:Serbs in Odessa

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Serbs in Odessa date to the most recent recorded time. During the 19th and early 20th centuries, the Serbs in the Black Sea port city of Odessa played a significant role in the economic, social, educational and cultural life. Odessa as a city was created at the end of the 18th century, after the expulsion of the Turks from this area of the Black Sea coast.

In ancient times, there was a Greek colony of Odesos on the site of today's Odessa. On the same site, during the time of Kievan Rus', the Kotljubijevo fortress was built, which was destroyed by the Tatars in 1540. At the time of Turkish rule, the Hadjibey fortress was located on the site of today's Odessa. In the Russian-Turkish war, in 1791, it was conquered by the Russian army led by the legendary general Alexander Vasilevich Suvorov. Immediately after the conquest, Suvorov built a new fortress in 1792. By decree of the Russian Empress Catherine II of Russia, in 1795, the city of Odessa was founded, named after the old Greek colony. Numerous Serbs lived in Odessa, or stayed for longer and shorter periods of time.