Mendelia Sforima Square

Mendelia Sforima Square is a grassland in Odesa Oblast, Ukraine. Mendelia Sforima Square is situated nearby to the government office General consulate of Armenia, as well as near the apartment building Prokudin’s House.

Photo: Svetlov Artem, CC BY 3.0.

Type: Grassland
Description: urban square in Odesa, Ukraine
Also known as: “Lev Tolstoy Square” and “Lva Tolstoho Square”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Spaso-Preobrazhensky Cathedral and Prokudin’s House.

Spaso-Preobrazhensky Cathedral

Church

Photo: Brizhnichenko, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Transfiguration Cathedral is the Orthodox Cathedral in Odesa, Ukraine, dedicated to the Transfiguration of Jesus and belongs to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. Spaso-Preobrazhensky Cathedral is situated 700 metres northeast of Mendelia Sforima Square.

Prokudin’s House

Apartment building

Photo: Serg Smith, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Prokudin’s House is an apartment building.

St. Paul Cathedral

Church

Photo: Andriyko UA, Public domain.

St. Paul Cathedral is a church, which is situated 390 metres north of Mendelia Sforima Square.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Moldavanka and Odesa.

Moldavanka

Suburb

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Moldavanka is a historical part of Odesa in the Odesa Oblast of southern Ukraine, located jointly in Khadzhybeiskyi and Prymorskyi urban districts. Before 1820 it was a settlement just outside Odesa, which later engulfed it.

Odesa

Photo: Alex Levitsky & Dmitry Shamatazhi, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Odesa, is a seaport on the Black Sea coast of Ukraine. 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.