History of the hotel
Although the Otrada bourgeoisie, with their large and influential
estates, could not match the capital of Odessa’s industrialists, they
nonetheless placed themselves at the head of economic and public
service development in Odessa. Displaying initiative and enterprise,
their decisions became the carriers of public service nobility. By the
beginning of the 20th century, the best minds in Russia recognized the
Otrada bourgeoisie as a great and powerful unconscious instrument of
the Lord’s deeds on Earth, according to Peter Struve.
By the beginning of the 20th century, the best minds in Russia
recognized the Otrada bourgeoisie as a great and powerful unconscious
instrument of the Lord’s deeds on Earth, according to Peter Struve.
Even in America, the Otrada bourgeoisie were seen as self made
individuals who climbed to the top of Odessa’s civil society elite
through hard work, energy and due diligence. Their wealth and standing
was not acquired through inheritance or privilege.
Having successfully studied the lessons of their merchant predecessors,
such as Rink-Vagners and Reno, and ennobled by secular traditions of
gentry, the Otrada bourgeoisie created a style of private life that was
to become their own. At the forefront of this private life was public
service to the city, self governance, charitable works, amateur
dramatics, soirees, lawn tennis and yacht clubs. To be a member of a
yacht club was deemed to be extremely prestigious and noble.
The Bolshevik Revolution in January 1918 brought a tragic end to the
Otrada bourgeoisie, the consequence of which altered the destinies of
Otrada families. Despite seventies years of oppression, war and
pestilence, the memory of Odessa’s Otrada bourgeoisie still lives on.
Family names like Katayev, Zaporozhchenko, Fesenko, Ptashnikov,
Slupetsky, Nabaldov, Orlov and Tsomakion are still talked about today.
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