Odessa ist eine Millionenstadt am Schwarzen Meer und das administrative Zentrum der Oblast Odessa in der Ukraine. Die Stadt mit knapp über einer Million Einwohnern ist die bedeutendste Hafenstadt des Landes.
Odesa Fine Arts Museum is one of the principal art galleries of the city of Odesa. Founded in 1899, it occupies the Potocki Palace, itself a monument of early 19th century architecture. The museum now houses more than 10 thousand pieces of art, including paintings by some of the best-known Russian and Ukrainian artists of late 19th and early 20th century. It is the only museum in Odessa that has free entrance day every last Sunday of the month.
