Editing Red Square (section)

=== 18th century ===
In 1702, the first public [[Theater (structure)|theater]] in Russia was built near the Nikolsky gate. It existed until 1737, when it was destroyed in a fire.
In the 1730s, a new mint building, called the Gubernskoye pravlenie (Provincial Board), was built in front of the old one.

During her reign, [[Catherine the Great]] decided to make improvements to the square. In 1786, the upper floor of the market lines was made of stone. This line was built on the opposite side of the square, near a [[moat]] between the Spasskaya and Nikolskaya towers. Then architect [[Matvey Kazakov]] built (in the old forms) the new Lobnoye mesto of hewn stone, slightly West of the place where it was before.