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A quick look at the reference sources reveals several important historical facts:
The Volynsky Russian Orthodox
Cathedral that dominates the view was built in 1874 on Bolshaya Vilskaya Street, the wide street
with a boulevard in the middle of the photo. A street off it and to the right, in the middle of the picture, was called Vilskaya. The small chapel in the foreground was demolished during Soviet years. A small church further down Bolshaya Vilskaya street, in the upper left of the photo, is the Alexander Nevsky Russian Orthodix Church. The building in the lower left corner most likely indicates a corner of Bolshaya Vilskaya and Kafedralnaya Streets, one of the main business streets in town. Sobornaya Square itself was a prime location for many businesses,
mainly small stores. An early 1900's business directory lists 28 names of businesses located
there, almost all of them Jewish-owned:
| Astakhov A. |
Hardware |
| Barag I. G. |
Textile Goods |
| Bokser |
Paints and Laquers |
| Bokser B. I. |
Office Supplies |
| Boyarskij Sh. (variants: Boyarsky) |
Tobacco |
| Burd Zel'man |
Hardware |
| Byalik Zejlik (variants: Bialik) |
Groceries |
| Dvokhis Leya (variants: Dvochis) |
Clothing Store |
| Fel'dman (variants: Feldman) |
Paints and Laquers |
| Fridland Doba |
Haberdashery |
| Fuksman I. I. |
Hardware |
| Gel'blyum V. S. (variants: Gelbloom, Gelblum) |
Textile Goods |
| Gil'shtejn S. I. (variants: Gilshtein, Gilstein) |
Haberdashery |
| Gorenshtejn (variants: Gorenshtein, Gorenstein) |
Drug Store Supplies |
| Grinbojm |
Clothing Store |
| Kats M. S. (variants: Kac, Katz) |
Hardware |
| Khabatin A. (variants: Chabatin) |
Groceries |
| Khabotin A. I. (variants: Chabotin) |
Textile Goods |
| Likhtsinder B. Ya. (variants: Lichtzinder, Lichzinder) |
Textile Goods |
| Rabinovich A. M. (variants: Rabinovitz, Rabinowitz) |
Drug Store Supplies |
| Rotenberg M. I. |
Hardware |
| Shlyapochnik A. P. (variants: Slapochnik) |
Groceries |
| Sonis Ya. M. |
Haberdashery |
| Tish B. M. |
Drug Store Supplies |
| Trakhtenberg (variants: Trachtenberg) |
Drug Store Supplies |
| Tsirul'nitskij V. R. (variants: Tsirulnitzky) |
Clothing Store |
| Vajsman F. I. (variants: Vaisman) |
Glass and Supplies |
| Yanpol'skij (variants: Yanpolsky) |
Clothing Store |
At least as many businesses, also predominantly Jewish owned, were listed on Kafedralnaya
Street.
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