In 1905 Odessa was the site of a workers ' uprising supported by the crew of the Russian battleship Potemkin ( also see Battleship Potemkin uprising ) and Lenin 's Iskra .
In 1905 Odessa was the place of a workers ' uprising supported by the crew of the Russian battleship Potemkin ( also see Battleship Potemkin uprising ) and Lenin 's Iskra .