Kholodnaya, Vera b. August 30, 1893 d. February 16, 1919 Actress. Nicknamed "The Queen of the Screen", she was Russia's first female movie star. Although most of her films are lost, her haunting beauty and untimely death have made her a figure of enduring interest. Vera Vasilyevna Levchenko was born in Poltava, Ukraine, and largely raised by her grandmother in Moscow. At 17 she married Vladimir Kholodny, a professional auto racer, but when he was conscripted into the Russian Army at the start of World War I she was left alone with a daughter to...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards) First Christian Cemetery (Defunct), Odessa, Odes'ka, Ukraine Plot: Demolished in 1931, site now a public park on Preobrazhenskaya Street
Odessa Resistance Memorial This resistance group was literally 'underground' based in a 1000 km. network of caves outside Odessa. The memorial, to those who died in the struggle,is in the caves. As the leaders of the group were Chekists (KGB) these caves were venerated during the Soviet period. However the recently published 'Mitrokhin Archives' demonstrate that the tale was not as heroic as was reported. Limestone Caves, Odessa, Odes'ka, Ukraine
b. August 30, 1893 d. February 16, 1919