The Central Market (; also known as the Old Bazaar () is a city market and trade enterprise in

Rostov-on-Don Rostov-on-Don is a port city and the administrative centre of Rostov Oblast and the Southern Federal District of Russia. It lies in the southeastern part of the East European Plain on the Don River, from the Sea of Azov, directly north of t ...

. It is unofficially known as «Starbaz» (. Its official name during the

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was the "Andreyevsky District Market". It is currently officially known as "CJSC «Central market» of Rostov-on-Don".

Geography

The market is situated in the city's district. It is bordered by to the east, to the south, to the west and to the north.

Occupants

The market occupies a rectangle of land which includes Rostov-on-Don's branch of the , the

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of the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary and a Soviet-built two-storey house. The latter had been a shop, and is an object of architectural and

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, built in the

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. The Maksimov House, the home of grain merchant P. R. Maksimov, also occupies the site. It was built in the first half of the 19th century, to the design of architect Trofim Sharzhinsky. It was one of the city's first stone buildings.

History

The market in Rostov-on-Don is first mentioned in historical documents from the 1840s. In 1820 a wooden Gostiny dvor was built on the site to the design of Trofim Sharzhinsky, marking the beginning of the architectural ensemble of the Central Market. It became known as the Old Bazaar after the construction of the New Bazaar, which specialized in non-food products, in 1840. The New Bazaar was completely destroyed by fire in 1905 during Anti-Jewish pogroms. It reopened in 1906, possibly in a different location than its previous site, but this has not been recorded. Only the third hall is extant. It bears name of "Commodity hall №1 of CSJC «Central market»" (). The other two indoor halls and the bell tower were destroyed during

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by German

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. In the 1960s a meat hall was built over the ruins. After being reconstructed between 1989 and 1990 it became a landmark.

References

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