Central Market (Rostov-on-Don)
market in Rostov-on-Don, Russia
The Central Market (Russian: Центральный рынок; also known as the Old Bazaar (Russian: Старый базар) is a city market and trade enterprise in Rostov-on-Don. It is unofficially known as «Starbaz» (Russian: «Старбаз». Its official name during the Soviet period 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 Leninsky District district. It is bordered by Semashko Lane to the east, Turgenevskaya Street to the south, Budyonnovsky Prospect to the west and Stanislavsky Street to the north.
Occupants
The market occupies a rectangle of land which includes Rostov-on-Don's branch of the Russian State University of Trade and Economy, the metochion 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 cultural heritage, built in the classical style. 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.
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