The Bessarabskyi Market (), or Besarabskyi Market (), also referred to as the Bessarabka (), is a market hall 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 , the market features of market space.
Its name originates from Bessarabia, 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).
See also Lazar Brodsky Market (place) Retail
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Vokrug sveta magazine - section in the article on Khreshchatyk. Бессарабський ринок in Wiki-Encyclopedia Kyiv