Specifically, it is located in the Meshchansky District of the Central Administrative Okrug of Moscow.

Until the 15th century, the Naprudnaya River bed was located on the site of the square.

Until 1917, the area was called Ekaterininskaya, where the Moscow School of the Order of St Catherine was located from 1802 to 1918.

The Church of St. John the Warrior was demolished in 1947, which was replaced by the predecessor of the now Slavyanka Hotel.

In 1982, a monument to Russian military leader and national hero Alexander Suvorov was erected in the center of the square.