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Richelieu Armand Emmanual du Plessis, Duc de
(1766—1822)

Duke Armand Emmanual Richelieu was Odessa's first mayor. Legend has it that the Duke wanted to build a new city as beautiful as his native Paris.

The Duke was born in Paris to an aristocratic family in 1776. The Duke emigrated from France during the French revolution, settling in Russia. In 1790 he joined the Russian army in the Crimean war against Turkey. After the war he went back to France but soon he returned to Russia and reenlisted in the Russian Army.

Czar Alexander appointed Richelieu governor of the Novarussia (new Russia) Area, which included Odessa, on January 27, 1803. He was the governor of Odessa between 1803—1814. In 1812 an epidemic plague enveloped the city and one fifth of the population died, Richelieu visited infirmaries and helped bury the dead.

When Napoleon was exiled to Elba in 1914, the Duke ended his service to Odessa and returned to France. Odessites loved their first mayor. When Richelieu left Odessa on September 27, 1814, 5,000 people followed his carriage, almost the entire city saw him off. The Duke then served twice as Prime Minister of France.

Ukraine, 2002, Richelieu monument in Odessa

Ukraine, 1998.07.18—25, Odessa. Richelieu monument