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[[Image:NaUKMA today.jpg|thumb|225px|Main entrance to the [[National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy]].]] |
[[Image:NaUKMA today.jpg|thumb|225px|Main entrance to the [[National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy]].]] |
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Contract Square is known since the [[Kievan Rus'|Kyivan Rus']] times as an important part of the Podil merchant neighborhood.<ref name="kudrytskyi">{{cite book|last=Kudrytskyi|first=A.|title=Kyiv, Encyclopedic Directory|year=1981|publisher=Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia|location=[[Kyiv]]|pages=306–7}}</ref> The square lies in between the [[Andriyivskyy Descent]], Sahaidachny, Pokrivska, Florivska, Prytisko-Mykilska, Kostiantynivska, Mezhyhirska, Spaska, Skovorody and Ilynska streets.<ref name="kudrytskyi"/><ref name="wek">{{cite |
Contract Square is known since the [[Kievan Rus'|Kyivan Rus']] times as an important part of the Podil merchant neighborhood.<ref name="kudrytskyi">{{cite book|last=Kudrytskyi|first=A.|title=Kyiv, Encyclopedic Directory|year=1981|publisher=Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia|location=[[Kyiv]]|pages=306–7}}</ref> The square lies in between the [[Andriyivskyy Descent]], Sahaidachny, Pokrivska, Florivska, Prytisko-Mykilska, Kostiantynivska, Mezhyhirska, Spaska, Skovorody and Ilynska streets.<ref name="kudrytskyi"/><ref name="wek">{{cite web|url=http://wek.kiev.ua/uk/Контрактова_площа|title=Kontraktova Ploshcha|accessdate=2007-12-13|work=Wiki-Encyclopedia Kiev|language=Ukrainian}}</ref> |
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The construction of the [[Contracts House (Kyiv)|Contracts House]], a permanent trading center where [[contract]]s were signed, at the end of the 18th century gave the square its current name.<ref name="kudrytskyi"/><ref name="wek"/> During 1748-1749, the [[Fountain of Samson, Kyiv|Fountain of Samson]] was built to repair the water distribution system of the area<ref>{{cite book|first=Titus D.|last=Hewryk|year=1982|title=The Lost Architecture of Kiev|url=http://oldkyiv.kiev.ua/index2.htm|publisher=[[The Ukrainian Museum]]|location=[[New York City|New York]]|id=ASIN: B0006E9KPQ}} (''Out of print'') |
The construction of the [[Contracts House (Kyiv)|Contracts House]], a permanent trading center where [[contract]]s were signed, at the end of the 18th century gave the square its current name.<ref name="kudrytskyi"/><ref name="wek"/> During 1748-1749, the [[Fountain of Samson, Kyiv|Fountain of Samson]] was built to repair the water distribution system of the area<ref>{{cite book|first=Titus D.|last=Hewryk|year=1982|title=The Lost Architecture of Kiev|url=http://oldkyiv.kiev.ua/index2.htm|publisher=[[The Ukrainian Museum]]|location=[[New York City|New York]]|id=ASIN: B0006E9KPQ}} (''Out of print'') |