Besarabskyi Market
The Besarabskyi Market (Ukrainian: Бесарабський ринок, Besarabs'kyi rynok), also referred to as the Besarabka (Ukrainian: Бесарабка), 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.
Besarabskyi Market | |
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Бессарабський ринок | |
General information | |
Status | Architectural monument of national importance |
Architectural style | Art Nouveau |
Location | Kyiv, Ukraine |
Coordinates | 50°26′33″N 30°31′18″E |
Construction started | 1920 |
Completed | 1912 |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Henryk Julian Gay |
Its name originates from Bessarabia,[1] a region conquered by the Russian Empire during the Russo-Turkish Wars and now partially located in southwestern Ukraine on the territory of the Odesa Oblast (province).
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bessarabskyi 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)
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