In the 16th century, “uncle huts” were organized here, and then an order building built of stone. That's when the saying “shout all over Ivanovskaya” appeared - it belongs to this particular square, tsarist decrees were announced here, petitions came here, and punishments were carried out immediately. In the 17th century, a place was organized near the Ivan the Great bell tower where podyachies gathered. They could file a petition to the king for an additional fee or draw up a document that would have legal force.

In the middle of the 17th century, Ivanovskaya Square looked different: the entire ensemble of the square was concentrated around the Ivanovskaya Church, and in front of it there were two small ones made of stone. On the other side of the street is boyar B. AND. Morozov, and near his yard was the Chudov Monastery. Already at the end of the 17th century, the square began to look different — order chambers, ancient churches were removed, even boyar Mstislavsky lost most of his yard, and in 1680 the monastery was rebuilt.

The former courtyard of boyar Morozov went to the Chudov Monastery, and a bishop's house was built here.

Under Empress Catherine II, a major restructuring of the Kremlin was initiated, which also affected Ivanovskaya Square.

When the Bolsheviks came to power, the square began to be rebuilt again: first, the Small Nicholas Palace was demolished, the Chudov Monastery also disappeared from the square, before that it was the first victim of the revolution - a monument Alexander II the Liberator. A large Kremlin Square is now located in its place. At the moment, the entire area is covered with paving stones.