Odessa

[Dorothey Allen]

A large port-city in [Ukraine], located on the Black sea. Has borders with Romania, [Moldova], and a sea-boder with Turkey.
The [cultural capital] of [Eastern Europe].
The crime capital of Eastern Europe.
Probably the only city in the world where [thievery] and deception are not only seen as normal jobs, but actually seen as kinds of art.
A city where presumably 40% of the population are Jews, though they would not admit it.
Half of the Russian humor books stories takes place in this city.
Some of the greatest theives and [robbers] of all times grew-up in this city.
A city, whose criminals could probably buy the police of the city if they wanted to, but they shouldnt since the police respects them.
A city that before the Revolution was tax-free, and was a center of attention for tourists, merchants, and cultural experts from all around Europe, but under the Soviet government lots its beauty and livliness. Hopefully will rise again in the future and regain its greatness.
If you visit the city, and by the time you return nothing was stolen from you, or you still have more than half the money you came with, nobody will believe you you was in Odessa.

[Tina]

A city and port on the southern coast of Ukraine, on the Black Sea; population 1,008,600 (est. 2009). Ukrainian name Odesa.