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Odessa is a region of south-western Ukraine. Its capital is Odessa. It includes the hystorical teritory of southern Bessarabia (or Budjak), north of Danube River, which was annexed by Soviet Union in 1940 from Romania, in accord with the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. An important Romanian minority reside in southern Bessarabia

The area of the region is 33000 km², its population (as of 1/1/2003) is 2.4 million people.




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