Old Odessa is leaving. Buildings are collapsing, bridges are falling into disrepair, paving stones cease to echo loudly underfoot... People are leaving... Whether they will be consigned to oblivion, whether the legendary Odessa itself will sink into oblivion depends on us, contemporaries, on those who care about history, and therefore, and the very fate of Southern Palmyra. Memory is a rare ability, thanks to which we can preserve that unique Odessa, about which legends are made, songs are sung, poems are dedicated to which the residents themselves are proud of...