Here is our Social Program of the conference

1) 18th of April - High society evening!!!
We offer you to visit one of the greatest opera houses of the world. Odessa Opera Theater is the second best opera in the world, after the Vienna State Opera. More details can be found here

2) 19th of April «Crazy BEER party »!!!
We invite you to our famous «Skipper» Beer Pub in Odessa. We organize a great private beer party there and all participants of the conference are more than welcomed. In this Pub we will have lots of FUN, while dancing and drinking as much as we can )) This Pub offers you real Odessa beer. The beer served in the south region of Ukraine is outstanding and perfectly tastes with the healthy food also served there. As one of our guests from Central Europe once said, 'Hey, this is as good as Czech beer!?!' A beer in a restaurant will usually cost around 1-2 USD.

3) 20th of April «Optional day»
We offer several options.

- Tour Around The City

During the excursion you will visit historical sights of the great importance to the city of Odessa. The tour will take you to see major historic streets such as Pushkinskaya, Rishelievskaya, Lanzhronovskaya, Franzusky and Primorsky Boulevards, Potemkin Stairs and certainly the most famous street of Odessa – Deribasovskaya. You will see the Black Sea and the famous Arkadia Beach. Of course, you will also see numerous masterpieces of architecture such as Theatre of an Opera and Ballet, a monument to Duke de Richelieu, Shakh Palace and many other remarkable places. Duration - 3 hours.

- Religious sights of Odessa

Throughout years many buildings in Odessa, and generally speaking, the whole city, were built with the use of a stone shell rock extracted from the underground. The extraction technology has formed famous Odessa underground labyrinths. These labyrinths (or catacombs) are terrible monasteries of the Odessa’s criminality and at the same time they are a representation of Odessa’s heroic history. During the Nazi occupation, the catacombs were used with the great success by Russian resistance fighters known as Partisans. While visiting suburbs of Odessa - village Nerubajskoe, you will see catacombs where these guerrilla groups were based.

Criminal life of Odessa began from those far seasons, when director of Odessa customs house Kirjakov, that "to pull out assignments" on civil work in port foisted off to emperor Paul I a bribe- three thousand... oranges. And then the imperial decree about free port (a wave of harbour) of Odessa has involved in city set businessmen from all the Europe and Russia which "washed" capitals, and right behind them to Odessa have rushed lumpen - fluent convicts, deserters, tramps, adventurers. The city is madly rich, city - port. A nutrient medium for the underworld unique. To all underground labyrinthes - Catacombs where it is possible to hide stolen goods and to disappear from police. On September, 14, 1789 Russian armies and the Ukrainian cossacks have taken turkish fortress Hadzhibey. It has been solved to build city and port, and workers were necessary for this purpose. And then persons began to be flown down to Odessa with the doubtful past, and frequently and hereby. Odessa was arena of activity legendary Sonka the Gold Handle. Her true name is Shendlya Solomoniak, and she was born in place Povonszky near Warsaw in 1846. At the early age unsurpassed pickpocket, She has passed in mature years to louder performances which obviously specified uncommon artistry of the author. On Moldavanka the recognized head of the Odessa mafia, Michael Jakovlevich was born, as well-known Mikhail Yakovlevich Vinnitsky. Under a name of Beni Krik he is known to everyone who read " the Odessa stories " of Isaak Babel. On Moldavanka - one of areas of Odessa the supreme thieves' academy, preparing "staff" operated not only For Russian empire, but also on export. Former robber Mojsha Oks (on nickname Кайлыч) headed an educational institution. Except for all other, in Odessa lived and "worked" It is left Backs - the chief Mahnovskaya investigations, Shiko Yablochko, Numa Kotov and many other persons known and not so. About all these in more detail you can learn if you choose excursion "Criminal Odessa».