How does Statue of Graf Vorontsov, Odesa elucidate its Opening ceremony?
The opening of the monument took place on November 8, 1863. Local newspaper Одесский вестник (Odesa herald) wrote:On the 8 of November, the day of St. Michael, Odesa celebrated the opening of a monument of His Serene Highness Knyaz Mikhail Semenovich Vorontsov. In the morning of this day the vast Sobor Square, where the monument to the departed Knyaz was erected after seven years from the day of his death, was filled with dense crowd total up to 20,000 souls. All parts of the Square, all surrounding streets, all windows, balconies and roofs of the houses were dappled with people. An extensive temporary platform for the audience was constructed at the house of  Mr. Mimi, directly opposite the Cathedral. About noon, after the Divine Liturgy which was carried out in the Cathedral be the Most Reverend Dimitriy, the Kherson and Odesa archbishop, the procession ... had moved from the Cathedral and took the marked for her places around the monument, which were arranged by 4 platform: for the clergy, for the Generalitat, for local and non-resident citizens.
During the ceremony following persons attended: Novorossiya and Bessarabia General-Governor and Commander of the Odesa Military District General-Adjutant Mr. Kotzebue, General-Adjutant Graf Stroganoff, Odesa provost, teachers of educational and charitable institutions, members of the nobility, the clergy, the deputation from different cities, from the German and Bulgarian colonies, from Tatars, the patriarchs of the city, artisans who worked on the construction of the monument, the disabled, who served under the command of the departed Knyaz M.S. Vorontsov, army troops ... The following members of the House of Knyaz Vorontsov were Her Serene Highness Knyaginya E.K. Vorontsova and the son of Knyaz M.S. Vorontsov, His Serene Highness Knyaz S.M. Vorontsov".The ritual of monument consecration was carried out by the church servants. During the ceremony solemn eulogies sounded and there were fireworks, ending with a troops parade. The monument quickly became a tourist attraction.
V Odesa Military District archbishop General-Adjutant Graf Tatars Knyaz Vorontsov Knyaz Bessarabia Odesa Kherson Novorossiya General-Governor