Moscow Markets: History and Modernity, Functions and Types
https://doi.org/10.7868/S2658697526010138
Abstract
The article examines the historical and geographical features, changes in the functions and location of food markets in Moscow. Despite significant changes in the economy, social perception and architectural aspect, Moscow markets continue to play an important role in the city infrastructure and maintain cultural and historical value, reflecting the centuries-old traditions of the capital as a trading city. As a result of the analysis of the spatial dynamics of the trade and market system of Moscow, patterns of gradual shift of markets from central territories to the periphery were identified. This is due to both increased competition with retail and the policy of government bodies on redevelopment of urban areas. However, in parallel, new types of market spaces are being formed in the format of public and business clusters. The examples of Danilovsky and Cheremushkinsky markets clearly demonstrate how proper architectural and functional renovation allows returning the market to the status of the core of public life of both the area of location and the city as a whole. The developed methodology for assessing markets includes not only reliance on regulatory documents and historical and geographical methods, but also an expanded empirical approach (field observations and the widespread use of geoinformation analysis). This made it possible not only to record the distribution of markets, but also to understand what functions they perform in practice. From the point of view of urban development, markets have the potential to perform the functions of centers of attraction both within districts and on a city scale. This is confirmed by data on transport accessibility and inter-district coverage of markets, identified during the GIS analysis and the introduced centrality rating.
Supporting agencies: The article was prepared as part of the state assignment for research by the Department of Economic and Social Geography of Russia at the Faculty of Geography of Lomonosov Moscow State University “Modern Dynamics and Factors of Socioeconomic Development of Regions and Cities In Russia and the CIS Countries” no. 121051100161-9.
About the Authors
N. A. Koldobskaya
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Faculty of Geography
Moscow
I. A. Antropov
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Faculty of Geography
Moscow
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Koldobskaya N.A., Antropov I.A. Moscow Markets: History and Modernity, Functions and Types. Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk. Seriya Geograficheskaya. 2026;90(1):180-191. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.7868/S2658697526010138
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