A map of Vinnytsia from 1796 shows wooden stalls specially built for trade on the market square of the New Town (on the right bank of the Southern Bug River), surrounded by “Jewish wooden inns.” The active development of the Market Square is associated with a decree of the Vinnytsia magistrate, who in 1799, at the request of Jewish townspeople, established four annual fairs at the Novomiskyi Market: on the second day of Christmas, on Thursday of Masnytsia (also known as Butter Week or Pancake Week, the traditional Ukrainian festival before Lent), on the Tuesday after Easter and on the Feast of Saint Simeon the Stylite (September 1). Throughout the 19th century, this square served as a kind of business center of Vinnytsia with weekly trade on specific days (most often on Fridays and Sundays). In 1885, the food market was relocated from Market Square to Kalicha (now Kalichanska Square). At the beginning of the 20th century, trade here declined, although it did not cease entirely, as various industrial and craft goods continued to be sold at the market. In 1931, trade was finally prohibited here, and the rows of Market Square were dismantled.