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The famous Pryvoz Market, located at 14 Pryvozna Street, is the largest food market in Odesa, Ukraine. p. 18
The famous Pryvoz Market, located at 14 Pryvozna Street, is the largest food market in Odesa, Ukraine. p. 18
History
Pryvoz began in 1827, with wares sold from the back of horse-driven carts. 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
A bazaar () or souk (; also transliterated as souq) is a marketplace consisting of multiple small Market stall, stalls or shops, especially in the Middle East, the Balkans, North Africa and India. However, temporary open markets elsewhere, suc ...
(also called the Volny (free) market), the first bazaar in Odesa.
The market was burned due to the 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 Pavlovych 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. Four-year-old elephant 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
''Striped Trip'' (russian: Полосатый рейс, Polosatyi reys) is a 1961 Soviet comedy film directed by Vladimir Fetin, with the acclaimed tiger tamer Margarita Nazarova in the main role. The movie was seen by 45.8 mil. viewers on the y ...
'' 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 Isaak Babel.Notes
See also
*Bazaar
A bazaar () or souk (; also transliterated as souq) is a marketplace consisting of multiple small Market stall, stalls or shops, especially in the Middle East, the Balkans, North Africa and India. However, temporary open markets elsewhere, suc ...
* History of marketing
* Market (place)
A marketplace or market place 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 the Arabic), ' ...
* Retail
External links
* * {{Odessa Buildings and structures in Odesa 1827 establishments in the Russian Empire Tourist attractions in Odesa Retail markets in Ukraine