Amanda Rivkin

Odessa Diary

  • ODESSA, UKRAINE. A Military Academy student marches down the street with a young woman beside him to a ceremony at the April 10 Monument where the student soldiers will be promoted to the rank of lieutenant on February 26, 2016. With war raging in eastern Ukraine with Russian-backed separatists, more young men and women have enlisted and the popularity of military education has increased, including among civilians; the April 10 monument commemorates Soviet victory over the Nazi occupation in Odessa.
  • ODESSA, UKRAINE. Family and friends gathered at the April 10 monument to watch as Military Academy students are promoted to the rank of lieutenant on February 26, 2016. With war raging in eastern Ukraine with Russian-backed separatists, more young men and women have enlisted and the popularity of military education has increased, including among civilians; the April 10 monument commemorates Soviet victory over the Nazi occupation in Odessa.
  • ODESSA, UKRAINE. A medical student examines a formaldehyde cadaver in an anatomical theater classroom at the Odessa National Medical University on February 18, 2016.
  • ODESSA, UKRAINE. A snowy interior courtyard characteristic of many homes on January 27, 2016.
  • ODESSA, UKRAINE. Pedestrians around a statue of the Duc de Richelieu at the top of the Potemkin steps in the snow on January 18, 2016.
  • ODESSA, UKRAINE. Orthodox Christians celebrate epiphany by the seaside with a baptismal-like ritual in frigid temperatures at Lazheron Beach on January 19, 2016.
  • ODESSA, UKRAINE. Women at the P1 Prosecco Bar on Orthodox Christmas on January 7, 2015.
  • ODESSA, UKRAINE. A couple makes out under the moonlight Hretska Square on February 22, 2016.
  • ODESSA, UKRAINE. A collection by local designer Valkiria is presented during an invitation-only evening of fashion shows and performances at the Ministerium night club on February 6, 2016.
  • OSYCHKY, ODESSA OBLAST, UKRAINE. Mikhail Saakashvili, the former President of Georgia and current Governor of Odessa Oblast appointed by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, meets and poses for photographs with locals at the Christmas bazaar on January 10, 2016. Saakashvili is said to be Ukraine's most popular politician who many in Odessa have dubbed their {quote}last hope{quote}; during the five-day August War in 2008, Russian forces attempted to assassinate him but he survived and their remains deep enmity between him and the Kremlin.
  • ODESSA, UKRAINE. The priest performs Christmas mass at the Christmas Church on January 7, 2016. Orthodox Christians around the world celebrate Christmas on January 7.
  • ODESSA, UKRAINE. The priest performs Christmas mass at the Christmas Church on January 7, 2016. Orthodox Christians around the world celebrate Christmas on January 7.
  • ODESSA, UKRAINE. Secret service arrest a man as one of their team films the arrest in Odessa, Ukraine on February 22, 2016.
  • OSYCHKY, ODESSA OBLAST, UKRAINE. Angels stand at the entrance to St. Nicholas workshop at the Christmas bazaar on January 10, 2016.
  • ODESSA, UKRAINE. The free trade zone at the port of Odessa on February 27, 2016. Since Crimea was seized by Russia in 2014, Odessa's port has been the main point of entry for goods coming mainly from Russia, China and Turkey and elsewhere in the world in to Ukraine.
  • SYM KILOMETER (SEVEN KILOMETER), ODESSA OBLAST, UKRAINE. Traders at the large wholesale market on the outskirts of Odessa in Sym Kilometer (Seven Kilometer), Ukraine on February 18, 2016. Odessa's port is the main port of entry for goods, largely from China and Turkey, into Ukraine since Russia seized Crimea in 2014.
  • ODESSA, UKRAINE. Vendors and customers in the vegetable and fruit pavilion at the large Privoz market on February 17, 2016.
  • ODESSA, UKRAINE. A road block set up by Ukrainian pro-Maidan activists and soldiers at the entrance to Odessa from Transdnistria, located 15 kilometers down the road, on February 18, 2016. Two days prior to this photograph, a truck carrying guns from Russia was stopped from entering Odessa.
  • ODESSA, UKRAINE. A couple and a young man ride the trolley bus on Valentine's Day on February 14, 2016.
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