Ukraine Odessa Oblast

Odessa is a city in Ukraine and a major seaport and transportation hub located on the northwestern shore of the Black Sea. Odessa is also an administrative center of the Odessa Oblast and a multiethnic major cultural center. Odessa is the third biggest city in Ukraine and known in Ukraine as Black Sea Pearl. In 1794, the city of Odessa was founded by a decree of the Empress Catherine the Great. From 1819 to 1858, Odessa was a free port. During the Soviet period it was the most important port of trade in the Soviet Union and a Soviet naval base. Its attractions include Odessa National Academic Opera and Ballet Theater, Odessa Passage, Potemkin Steps, Port of Odessa, Lanzheron Beach, and more.

Zatoka is an urban-type settlement in southwestern Ukraine. It is administratively part of the port-city of Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi. The town is a local beach resort and contains a small port of Buhaz (see Port of Bilhorod-Dnistrovsky). It is located 60 km from Odessa and 18 km from the city of Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi of Odessa Oblast in the historical region of Budjak, southern Bessarabia. In the Ukrainian it means a bay. The town is located on a sand spit of the Dniester Estuary right next where Dniester flows into the Black Sea.

Chornomorsk, formerly Illichivsk, is a city in the Odessa Oblast (province) of south-western Ukraine, dependent on the Port of Chornomorsk. The city is located around the Sukhyi Estuary. When in the city, be sure to visit the Prymors'kyi Park and the beach.

Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, formerly known as Akkerman, is a regional city and port situated on the right bank of the Dniester Liman (on the Dniester estuary leading to the Black Sea) in the Odessa Oblast (province) of southwestern Ukraine, in the historical region of Bessarabia. The city serves as an administrative center of the Bilhorod-Dnistrovsky Raion and a big freight seaport. Be sure to visit the Akkerman Fortress.