Bessarabska Square
50°26′32″N 30°31′14″E / 50.44222°N 30.52056°E
The Bessarabska Square (Ukrainian: Бессарабська площа, Bessarabska ploshcha) is a square located at the southwest end of Khreshchatyk, the main thoroughfare of Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. It is located in the city's Shevchenkivskyi District (district), at the busy intersection of Khreshchatyk, Taras Shevchenko Boulevard, Velyka Vasylkivska Street, and the Krutyi Descent streets.[1]
Until the late 1840s, the square was located on the outskirts of town, where immigrants from Bessarabia in the southern regions of Ukraine would come to sell their products.[2] Nowadays, the Bessarabska Square is one of three squares of the Khreshchatyk street complex, the others being the Maidan Nezalezhnosti and the European Square, located in the street's center and northeastern end, respectively.
Attractions
The Bessarabska Square, named for the large indoor
The square is also accessible by two other
Former names
Before the Besarabsky Market was built in the early 1910s, the square was known by two different names:
- Universytetska Square (Ukrainian: Університетська площа, University Square) during the mid-19th century, as it was located on the route to the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv from the Lypky neighborhood,[1]
- Sofiiska Square in the city's upper town in 1888).[1]
References
- ^ a b c "Bessarabska ploscha". WWW Encyclopedia Kyiv (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 23 May 2011.
- ^ "Bessarabskiy market in the downtown of Kyiv". Travel to Ukraine. Archived from the original on 31 August 2011. Retrieved 23 May 2011.
- ^ "Bessarabska ploscha and Besarabsky indoor rynok". Kiev History Site (in Ukrainian). oldkyiv.org.ua. Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 23 May 2011.
- ^ "World News".