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Opinion: Odesa is the city where the Tower of Babel was built all the same
15:03 / 10.11.2012

ODESA, NOVEMBER 10th, 2012, CONTEXT-PRICHERNOMORIE ― Consul of Russian Federation's Consulate in Odesa Yuri Didenko has stated Odesa is the city where the Tower of Babel was built all the same ― a huge number of languages and cultures coexist without any misunderstandings, Context-Prichernomorie correspondent reports.

Mr Yuri Didenko stated today, 10 November, during the opening of the VI City Festival “Languages Rainbow”.

“Festival “Languages Rainbow” is a momentous event. There are thousands of languages on the planet. The problems of language preservation are very important. Today, language is the carrier of culture and history”, Mr Yuri Didenko noted.

“Odesa has a lot of nationalities. Odesa is a city where the Tower of Babel was built all the same. European and Turkic languages have influence in the city”, he added.