Vladimir Cheremisinov examines the events of the first (1769-1774) and second (91787-1791) Russian-Turkish wars, as well as the Eastern war of 1853-1856, using the still intact source - the archive of the Odessa General Staff. The book presents appendices: 1) An overview of military historical monuments; 2) Some documents related to the military history of Odessa; 3) Poems in memory of the bombing of Odessa on April 10, 1854