Идел буе базары, Traditional market in Old Tatar Quarter, Kazan, Russia
Idel Bue Bazary is a market in Kazan's Old Tatar Quarter with multiple buildings where local vendors operate. Here you find fresh produce, traditional foods, and regional crafts from the Volga region.
The market opened on 25 December 1986 as Kolkhozny Market No. 7 of the Privolzhsky district, with a covered hall called Labaz (250 workplaces) and a 75-bed hotel that now houses the administration. In 1993 it was transferred to the firm Olimp, and in 1994 the buildings were reconstructed and street pavilions installed. In 2000 the Soviet-era sign was replaced, and it was officially renamed the Olimp Centre for Household and Trade Services.
The market's name comes from the Privolzhsky district, though it opened in 1986 as "Kolkhoz Market No. 7". Fairs held on the square in front of it mark New Year, 8 March, 1 April, 1 May, Sabantuy and the autumn vegetable fair, organised with Tatpotrebsoyuz and the district administration.
The market stands at the crossing of R. Zorge Street and Pobedy Avenue in the Gorki residential district, on Kazan's eastern side near the border with Sovetsky District. It is closed on Mondays and trades from 8:00 to 17:00 on other days. The Prospekt Pobedy metro station opened 50 m away in 2008.
In 2000 city officials noticed the entrance still read "Kolkhozny Market" although collective farms no longer existed; the sign was replaced and the market was officially renamed the Olimp Centre for Household and Trade Services, though locals still call it Privolzhsky. In May 2011 construction of the multifunctional Olimp complex began on part of the clothing market grounds: two residential towers of 18 and 24 storeys, a 13-storey three-star hotel with a restaurant and an underground car park for 478 cars on 1.7 hectares.
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