Odesa is a city that gives extraordinary emotions, immersing in a special atmosphere of romance, love, and passion – all-consuming feelings that have conquered the hearts of many beautiful ladies and their lovers. She is distinguished by extraordinary humor, and satire, which is in the blood of Odesa citizens. It was this aura that helped great personalities, Pushkin, Gogol, Tolstoy, Chekhov, Bunin, Kuprin, Babel, Akhmatova, and many others to create their bestsellers in or about Odesa. Their names were subsequently immortalized by the names of streets and squares.