Odessa Oblast's population is 2,687,543.

Volyn Oblast was created in 1939.

The area of Lviv Oblast is 21,833 square kilometers.

Found on the northwestern shore of the Black Sea, Odessa is the administrative center of the Odessa Oblast. It is the third most populous city of Ukraine, a major tourism center, seaport, transportation center, and multi-ethnic center.

Lucian Pintilie was born on November 9, 1933, in Tarutino, Bessarabia, Romania [now Tarutyne, Odessa Oblast, Ukraine].