
Despite its young age, this market might be called a respected resident of St. Petersburg. It was founded in the late XIXth century by a merchant Ivan Sergeyevich Maltsev who knew that quite a few tradesmen would need new facilities.So, the merchants at the time could stay at the appartment houses nearby, which was very convenient. Then the government passed a law on free trade which stopped the monopoly of large markets. Middle men and entrepreneurs gradually disappeared as collective farms...