The very next year after the founding of Odessa - in 1795, appeared specially for the open market sale of vital supplies, and then he became the old bazaar, and later still flea market. Simultaneously appear Reds series (now the Red lane) for the sale of manufactured goods and Greek market (now Greek area and ul.K.Libknehta).

In 1789, the merchants, Afanasyev, Samarin, and others were allowed to build a stone bench in a separate place for the free market in the direction of the steppe to the sale of meat and cutting cattle. In 1804 the street N. Fish (now ul.Chizhikova) are constructed fish series, and then, on the street today. Garden - garden series. Greek Bazaar was built in 1810 by architect F. Frapoli.

History Privoz "begins with 1827, when the imported area was built a huge market. Since then he has become the main market of Odessa. In 1913, architect F. Nestruk postroeil four 2-storey building ("Fruit passage"), complemented by additional architectural complex Privoz ".

In 1842, the project architect. T. Torricelli on the corner of Ekaterinenskoy and Lanzheronovskoy was built courtyard seating - Palais Royale, in literal translation means "royal palace" - and it consisted of 44 trading lavochnyh galleries. In the same year at the Old Market Square architect GI Torricelli built the building - a shopping arcade along the Grand Avenue (now Prospect Mira). And in 1903, was completed on the 15-year construction of the New Market.

From the report of Mr. Lorer (City Administration), it is known that already in 1797, a goal, "Every market" (the Russian and Greek) had a superintendent, or the so-called "bazaar", whose duties were defined special instructions of City Management.

In 1798, instead of supervisors has established a bazaar guards entrusted with monitoring, so that was not bought by, high cost of vital supplies and other abuses, as in urban markets, and at customs.

Wanting to cheapen the price of vital supplies, City Administration in 1797 contracted with the merchant Filipov, giving him a monopoly to have a difference "and" fix sale "very good quality meat," so that bidders had no complaints "with the right to sell during the post is not more expensive than the 4-5 cents per pound (400 gram) Lamb and 3-4 pennies per pound of beef. Dachshund on vital supplies was canceled City Council in 1860.

With the introduction of a policeman provisions in 1863, the trading by the police. The structure of its trade consisted of a deputation, trade, market and market supervisors, trade elders. They were assigned specific duties to keep order on the trading markets. Supervisors have been elected and elected officials from the merchant and bourgeois classes.

One of the first concerns of the new Duma was cleaning bazaars and markets of contamination. To cover the cost to clean up every possibility, bringing something to the market, impose charges for 3 pennies a day, traders are taxed with the same constants such gathering once a week.

Over time, the special charges for cleaning markets was removed and purification was carried out at the expense of urban incomes.