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The Jewish market on the Halytska

(now Peremohy) square. In the late 1850s Jews were allowed to conduct

trade in this place. At the same time they were also given permission

to settle in some fixed areas of Kyiv, the Halytska square included

as a part of the Lybidska area. In 1909 the Halytska synagogue was

built not far from there. The market existed there till the

mid-twentieth century. It can be seen from the picture that trade was

conducted both from special stalls and from carts as well as directly

from the ground. The photo shows that the square was not paved at

that time. In some distance, on a part of Bibikovsky (now Shevchenka)

boulevard, which was already built up with a rather dense town

housing, a tram (perhaps a horse one) is seen. In the foreground,

there is also a tram track leading to the train station and still

existing now.</p><p><i>Olga Martyniuk</i></p>