Russian drone damages historic building of Kyiv's covered Railway Market
A Russian drone hit a modernist building near Kyiv's Central Railway Station on Wednesday, September 23, known to residents as the "Shayba," sparking a fire inside the building.
On Wednesday, September 23, a Russian drone struck a modernist building near Kyiv's Central Railway Station, causing a fire inside. The structure, known locally as the "Shayba," was an experimental covered Railway Market built in 1973 by architect Alla Anishchenko. With a circular design and suspended roof, the 52-meter-diameter building featured three levels and approximately 140 retail spaces.
Semen Shyrochin, a local Ukrainian historian, noted that only six such markets were constructed worldwide, all currently located in Ukraine. Two of these, including the Shayba, remain in Kyiv, with the other in Pecherska Square. The former Railway Market served as an Okean store in the late 1980s, a Kyiv Universal Exchange during the 1990s, and later housed the Velyka Kyshenia supermarket.
In 2022, the Kalush Orchestra recorded a song teaser inside the building, which won the Eurovision Song Contest that year. Despite its historical significance, the building had not yet been granted protected status as a cultural heritage site as of March 2025.
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