context: After the Iasi Peace Treaty (1791), at the proposal of A. Suvorov, the construction of the fortress began here (1793); the new city of Odessa was founded by the script of Catherine II of 7 [O.S. 1794] June, in the very west of the newly acquired territory of the Russian Empire - New Russia. She entrusted the Dutch military engineer Franz de Vollan, who fully embodied the principles of the ancient Roman town planning, to the project of building a city, port and a new fortress (on the site of which the Alexander Park was later laid out). 2 [O.S. 1794] September, with the blessing of the Metropolitan of Yekaterinoslav and Tauride Gabriel (Benulescu-Bodoni), the first piles were driven into the foundation of the city.
question: Who founded Odessa?
answers.text: Catherine II