Potemkin Stairs

The Potemkin Stairs, Potemkin Steps, or officially, the Prymorski Stairs, are a giant stairway in , . They are considered a formal entrance into the city from the direction of the sea and are the best known symbol of Odesa.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Odesa National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet and Odesa City Council.

Theater building
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The Odesa National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre is the oldest theatre in , . The Theatre and the Potemkin Stairs are the most famous edifices in Odesa. is situated 310 metres south of Potemkin Stairs.

Town hall
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Odesa City Hall is the city hall of , , located at the junction of Prymorskyi Boulevard, Teatralnyi Lane and Italiiska Street. It occupies a Neoclassical building, built to a design by Francesco Boffo and Gregorio Toricelli in 1828–34. is situated 360 metres southeast of Potemkin Stairs.

Museum
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The Odesa Archaeological Museum is one of the oldest in . It was founded in 1825; the current museum building was completed in 1883 according to a design by Polish architect Feliks Gąsiorowski. is situated 410 metres southeast of Potemkin Stairs.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Odesa and Moldavanka.

Photo: Alex Levitsky & Dmitry Shamatazhi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, is a seaport on the Black Sea coast of . The city is home to over a million people. Its chief attraction to visitors is the graceful old town, laid out on a grid pattern in the early 19th century, with its many churches, galleries and museums.

Suburb
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is a historical part of in the of southern , located jointly in Khadzhybeiskyi and Prymorskyi urban districts. Before 1820 it was a settlement just outside Odesa, which later engulfed it. is situated 2½ km southwest of Potemkin Stairs.

Suburb
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is a suburb, which is situated 3 km northwest of Potemkin Stairs.

Potemkin Stairs

Latitude
46.4882° or 46° 29′ 18″ north
Longitude
30.74131° or 30° 44′ 29″ east
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In Other Languages

From Arpitan to Ukrainian—“Potemkin Stairs” goes by many names.
  • Arpitan: “Ègrâs du Potèmkine”
  • Basque: “Potemkin eskailera”
  • Basque: “Potiomkin eskailera”
  • Bulgarian: “Потьомкински стълби”
  • Bulgarian: “Потьомкинско стълбище”
  • Catalan: “Escala de Potemkin”
  • Catalan: “Escala Potemkin”
  • Catalan: “Escales de Potemkin”
  • Chinese: “奧德薩階梯”
  • Chinese: “波将金阶梯”
  • Chinese: “波將金階梯”
  • Croatian: “Potemkinove stepenice”
  • Croatian: “Potemkinove stube”
  • Czech: “Potěmkinovy schody”
  • Danish: “Potemkintrappen”
  • Dutch: “Potjomkintrappen”
  • Esperanto: “Potjomkina ŝtuparo”
  • Finnish: “Odessan portaat”
  • Finnish: “Potemkinin portaat”
  • Finnish: “Potjomkinin portaat”
  • French: “escalier du Potemkine”
  • French: “Escalier du Potemkine”
  • French: “escalier Potemkine”
  • French: “escalier Richelieu”
  • Georgian: “პოტიომკინის საფეხურები”
  • German: “Potemkinsche Treppe”
  • Greek: “Σκάλες Ποτέμκιν”
  • Hebrew: “מדרגות פוטיומקין”
  • Italian: “Boulevard a gradini”
  • Italian: “Gradinata Richelieu”
  • Italian: “Grande Scalinata”
  • Italian: “Scalinata Potemkin”
  • Italian: “Scalinata Potëmkin”
  • Japanese: “オデッサの階段”
  • Japanese: “オデッサ階段”
  • Japanese: “ポチョムキンの階段”
  • Korean: “포툠킨 계단”
  • Manipuri: “ꯄꯣꯇꯦꯝꯀꯤꯟ ꯁꯤꯔꯤ”
  • Manipuri: “ꯄꯣꯇꯦꯝꯀꯤꯟ ꯁ꯭ꯇꯦꯔ꯭ꯁ”
  • Manipuri: “ꯄꯣꯇꯦꯝꯀꯤꯟ ꯊꯥꯛ ꯊꯥꯛ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Potemkintrappen”
  • Norwegian: “Potemkintrappen”
  • Persian: “پلکان پوتمکین”
  • Polish: “Schody Potiomkinowskie”
  • Portuguese: “Escadaria de Potemkin”
  • Romanian: “Scările Potiomkin”
  • Russian: “Бульварная лестница”
  • Russian: “Вид на потемкинскую лестницу”
  • Russian: “Гигантская лестница”
  • Russian: “Потемкинская лестница”
  • Russian: “Потёмкинская лестница”
  • Russian: “Ришельевская лестница”
  • Russian: “Ришельёвская лестница”
  • Spanish: “Escalera de Potemkin”
  • Spanish: “Escalera Potemkin”
  • Spanish: “Escalera Potiomkin”
  • Spanish: “Escalinata Potemkin”
  • Swedish: “Odessatrappan”
  • Swedish: “Potemkintrappan”
  • Turkish: “Potemkin Merdivenleri”
  • Ukrainian: “Потьомкінські східці”
  • Ukrainian: “Потьомкінські сходи”

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