The celebration of the City Day was begun with a solemn ceremony of raising the Flag of Odessa on the Dumskaya Square.

The 223rd birthday of Odessa continued with ceremony of laying flowers at the monument to Duke de Richelieu on Primorsky Boulevard, and at monuments to the founders and governors of Odessa: Joseph Deribas, Grigoriy Marazli, Mikhail Vorontsov, and Ataman Golovaty.

The celebrations were attended by the city and the region's authorities, honorary citizens of the city, official delegations and honorary guests from different countries of the world, the clergy, deputies of Odessa City Council, veterans, representatives of various branches of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, schoolchildren, as well as residents and guests of Odessa.

THE PROGRAM OF CELEBRATION