The Bessarabskyi Market, or Besarabskyi Market, also referred to as the Bessarabka, is a market hall located in the center of Kyiv on the Bessarabska Square at the southwest end of the city's main thoroughfare, the Khreshchatyk. Constructed from 1910 to 1912 to a design of Polish architect Henryk Julian Gay, the market features 896 square metres (9,640 ft2) of market space.