Bessarabskyi Market | |
Native Name: | Бессарабський ринок |
Status: | Architectural monument of national importance |
Architectural Style: | Art Nouveau |
Location: | Kyiv, Ukraine |
Coordinates: | 50.4425°N 30.5217°W |
Start Date: | 1920 |
Completion Date: | 1912 |
The Bessarabskyi Market (Ukrainian: Бессарабський ринок|translit=Bessarabs'kyi rynok), or Besarabskyi Market, also referred to as the Bessarabka (Ukrainian: Бессарабка|links=no), 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 896m2 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).