Potemkin Stairs
The Potemkin Stairs, or Potemkin Steps (Ukrainian: Потьомкінські сходи, Potemkinsky Skhody, Russian: Потёмкинская лестница) is a giant stairway in Odessa, Ukraine. The stairs are considered a formal entrance into the city from the direction of the sea and are the best known symbol of Odessa. The stairs were originally known as the Boulevard steps, the Giant Staircase, or the Richelieu steps. The top step is 12.5 meters (41 feet) wide, and the lowest step is 21.7 meters (70.8 feet) wide. The staircase extends for 142 meters, but it gives the illusion of greater length. The stairs were so precisely constructed as to create an optical illusion. A person looking down the stairs sees only the landings, and the steps are invisible, but a person looking up sees only steps, and the landings are in
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Potemkin Stairs
The Potemkin Stairs, or Potemkin Steps (Ukrainian: Потьомкінські сходи, Potemkinsky Skhody, Russian: Потёмкинская лестница) is a giant stairway in Odessa, Ukraine. The stairs are considered a formal entrance into the city from the direction of the sea and are the best known symbol of Odessa. The stairs were originally known as the Boulevard steps, the Giant Staircase, or the Richelieu steps. The top step is 12.5 meters (41 feet) wide, and the lowest step is 21.7 meters (70.8 feet) wide. The staircase extends for 142 meters, but it gives the illusion of greater length. The stairs were so precisely constructed as to create an optical illusion. A person looking down the stairs sees only the landings, and the steps are invisible, but a person looking up sees only steps, and the landings are in
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A 'Escadaria de Potemkin (em u ...... ecido monumento dessa cidade..
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De Potjomkintrappen in de Oekr ...... k haar huidige naam te danken.
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Die Potemkinsche Treppe (ukr. ...... r Ikonen des 20. Jahrhunderts.
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Il template {{Coord}} ha risco ...... alinata o Gradinata Richelieu.
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L'escalier du Potemkine (en uk ...... in, qui y fut tournée en 1925.
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La Escalera Potiomkin (en ucra ...... gante o Escalera de Richelieu.
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Schody Potiomkinowskie w Odess ...... walny w świecie symbol Odessy.
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The Potemkin Stairs, or Potemk ...... nd the landings are invisible.
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Потёмкинская лестница (укр. По ...... т на тротуар Приморской улицы.
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ポチョムキンの階段(ポチョムキンのかいだん、ウクライナ語: ...... に見せ、階段を見下ろすと階段をそれほど長いようには見せない。
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F. Boffo, Avraam I. Melnikov and Pot'e
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Potemkin Stairs in Odessa, Ukraine.
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Potemkin Stairs
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A 'Escadaria de Potemkin (em u ...... ecido monumento dessa cidade..
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De Potjomkintrappen in de Oekr ...... k haar huidige naam te danken.
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Die Potemkinsche Treppe (ukr. ...... r Ikonen des 20. Jahrhunderts.
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Il template {{Coord}} ha risco ...... alinata o Gradinata Richelieu.
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L'escalier du Potemkine (en uk ...... in, qui y fut tournée en 1925.
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La Escalera Potiomkin (en ucra ...... gante o Escalera de Richelieu.
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Schody Potiomkinowskie w Odess ...... walny w świecie symbol Odessy.
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The Potemkin Stairs, or Potemk ...... steps, and the landings are in
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Потёмкинская лестница (укр. По ...... та, гавани и Одесского залива.
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ポチョムキンの階段(ポチョムキンのかいだん、ウクライナ語: ...... に見せ、階段を見下ろすと階段をそれほど長いようには見せない。
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Escadaria de Potemkin
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Escalera Potemkin
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Escalier du Potemkine
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Potemkin Stairs
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Potemkinsche Treppe
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Potjomkintrappen
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Scalinata Potëmkin
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Schody Potiomkinowskie
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Потёмкинская лестница
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ポチョムキンの階段
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