This square’s name was changed many times. Originally Nikolaev square, later Teveleva square, Soviet Ukraine square ,finally Constitution square. On the south-western side of the Nikolaev Square (Soviet Ukraine Square) there were trade houses of Dobrinin (1880), in place of which in 1915-1916 a house of insurance company 'Russia' was built (Labor Palace) as well as a shop of Ponamarev's and Ryzhov's products, where now there is a 'Lux' shop. The famous building, that was built at the beginning of that century by architect Beketov on the Constitution square.