Odessa: genius and death in a city of dreams

Author's Note

Map

Introduction

Part I: City of Dreams

The Sinister Shore

Potemkin and the Mercenaries

Beacon

The Governor and the Poet

"There is Nothing National about Odessa"

Part II: The Habitations of Cruelty

Schemes and Shadows

Blood and Vengeance

New World

The Fields of Transnistria

"I Would Like to Bring to Your Attention the Following"

Part III: Nostalgia and Remembrance

Hero City

Twilight

Chronology

Acknowledgments

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Pt. 1. City of dreams

ch. 1. The sinister shore

ch. 2. Potemkin and the mercenaries

ch. 3. Beacon

ch. 4. The governor and the poet

ch. 5. "There is nothing national about Odessa"

pt. 2. The habitations of cruelty

ch. 6. Schemes and shadows

ch. 7. Blood and vengeance

ch. 8. New world

ch. 9. The fields of Transnistria

ch. 10. "I would like to bring to your attention the following"

pt. 3. Nostalgia and remembrance

ch. 11. Hero city

ch. 12. Twilight

Chronology.