Pryvoz Market

Pryvoz began in 1827, with wares sold from the back of horse-driven carts. 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. On 24 July 2025, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the market was hit by a Russian UAV and suffered significant damage. ==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 was inspired by this incident. In the 1920s, 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. == Gallery ==

Odesa_bazaar_(5)_sprats.JPG|The famous Odesa sprat Odesa bazaar (1).JPG|Boiled shrimp (prawns) Odesa bazaar, Prussian Carps.jpg|Fresh crucian carp Odesa bazaar (11).JPG|Spices OdessaPrivoz.JPG|Meat and dairy row Na Privoze.jpg|Dried fish At the Privoz Market in Odessa - 1.jpg|Meat section Privoz-eggplants.jpg|Eggplants ==See also==