Pryvoz Market, located at 14 Pryvozna Street, is the largest food market in
Odesa
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Ukraine
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History
Pryvoz began in 1827, with wares sold from the back of
horse
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-driven
carts
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The market was a large area where carts with goods that were sold at the local bazaar stopped. The place was a rather dirty, unpaved area, without capital buildings. Until the mid-1860s, the wheeler-dealers did not pay a market fee. Also, there was no own institution of measures and weights as in the ordinary market of those times.
Pryvoz adjoined the Stary (old)
bazaar
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(also called the Volny (free) market), the first bazaar in Odesa.
The market was burned due to an outbreak of the plague and rebuilt in 1902. In 1904, the only architectural monument was built here - the Fruit Passage. Designed by the famous city architect Fedir Nesturkh, the Passage featured covered shopping galleries with arched entrances.
In 2007 a meat and fish corps appeared, after which a shopping center called "New Pryvoz" was built. the Odesa market is being restored and modified again, but it still does not lose its color and remains a place where they not only sell and buy, but also exchange the latest news.
Stories
In the 1940s zoo animals were moved from the Odesa zoo to
Simferopol
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. Four-year-old
elephant
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Murza (Мурза) escaped. It ran to the fruit section of the Pryvoz Market and ate several apples, pulled out pickled cucumbers from a barrel, and tasted some fresh cabbage and dried fruits. Murza was caught and returned to the zoo. A popular Soviet comedy film, ''
Striped Trip
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'' was inspired by this incident.
In the 20s of the XX century, Pryvoz was led by the famous fraudster Jacob Pireman. One say he bought this post for a considerable bribe. Having become the head of the market, Pireman imposed a personal tribute to all merchants, and he also took hundreds of thousands of budget rubles to reconstruct the market and stole them. When Pireman's scam was uncovered, he was tried and shot. But one say that before the arrest, he hid a treasure - gold coins and diamonds on Pryvoz.
People
A western journalist explained his visit to the market:
Pryvoz was also mentioned in
The Odesa Tales of
Isaac Babel
Isaac Emmanuilovich Babel ( – 27 January 1940) was a Soviet writer, journalist, playwright, and literary translator. He is best known as the author of ''Red Cavalry'' and ''Odessa Stories'', and has been acclaimed as "the greatest prose write ...
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See also
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Bazaar
A bazaar or souk is a marketplace consisting of multiple small Market stall, stalls or shops, especially in the Middle East, the Balkans, Central Asia, North Africa and South Asia. They are traditionally located in vaulted or covered streets th ...
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History of marketing
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The practice of marke ...
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Market (place)
A marketplace, market place, or just market, is a location where people regularly gather for the purchase and sale of provisions, livestock, and other goods. In different parts of the world, a marketplace may be described as a ''souk'' (from ...
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Retail
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Buildings and structures in Odesa
1827 establishments in the Russian Empire
Tourist attractions in Odesa
Retail markets in Ukraine