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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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50°26′33″N 30°31′18″E / 50.44250°N 30.52167°E / 50.44250; 30.52167

Exterior view of the Besarabsky Market and the surrounding square.
The market offers a wide variety of grocery products.

The Besarabsky 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 in 1910-1912 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 Odessa Oblast (province).

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