Bessarabskyi Market
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Besarabsky Market
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| General information | |
| Status | Architectural monument of national importance |
| Architectural style | Art Nouveau |
| Location | Kyiv, Ukraine |
| Coordinates | 50°26′33″N 30°31′18″E / 50.44250°N 30.52167°E |
| Construction started | 1920 |
| Completed | 1912 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Henryk Julian Gay |
The Bessarabskyi Market (Ukrainian: Бессарабський ринок, romanized: Bessarabs'kyi rynok), or Besarabskyi Market (Ukrainian: Бесарабський ринок), also referred to as the Bessarabka (Ukrainian: Бессарабка), is an indoor market located in the center of Kyiv on the Bessarabska Square at the southwest end of the city's main thoroughfare, the Khreshchatyk. Constructed from 1910 to 1912 to a design of Polish architect Henryk Julian Gay, the market features 896 square metres (9,640 sq ft) of market space.
Its name originates from
Russo-Turkish Wars and now partially located in southwestern Ukraine on the territory of the Odesa Oblast (province
).
See also
- Lazar Brodsky
- Market (place)
- Retail
References
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Besarabskyi Market.
- Vokrug sveta magazine - section in the article on Khreshchatyk. (in Russian)
- Бессарабський ринок Archived 2007-03-11 at the Wayback Machine in Wiki-Encyclopedia Kyiv (in Ukrainian)