[1] The area arose in the early years of the construction of Yekaterinburg and soon became the central place of trade.

[2] During the Russian Civil War, the first Red Army detachments went to the front from the square.

In 1918, the Red Guards who died in battle with the chieftain Dutov were buried in the square.

On 14 July 1919, the first parade of the Red Army took place on the square after the city's liberation from the Czechoslovak Legion.

In 1930, the historic pre-revolutionary Epiphany Cathedral was demolished by decision of the City Council.

During his tenure as First Secretary of the Sverdlovsk Communist Party, Boris Yeltsin worked on the square in one of the administrative buildings.