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Bessarabskyi Market

Coordinates: 50°26′33″N 30°31′18″E / 50.44250°N 30.52167°E / 50.44250; 30.52167
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Bessarabskyi Market
Бессарабський ринок
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General information
StatusArchitectural monument of national importance
Architectural styleArt Nouveau
LocationKyiv, Ukraine
Coordinates50°26′33″N 30°31′18″E / 50.44250°N 30.52167°E / 50.44250; 30.52167
Construction started1920
Completed1912
Design and construction
Architect(s)Henryk Julian Gay [uk]

The Bessarabskyi Market (Ukrainian: Бессарабський ринок, romanizedBessarabs'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 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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  1. ^ "Besarabsky Market".
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