Streets didn't have names for more than 40 years since Mykolaiv had been founded. Only in 1835 the first list of names was compiled with the lead of the Governor Admiral M.P.Lazarev. The name of the street originated from the Admiralty Cathedral of St.Grigory of Greater Armenia. It must be noted that in 1822 an effort to name the street Elisavetgradska was made, but Admiral A.S. Greig did not give his consent upon that.
Soborna street has changed its appearance and functions during the 200-year history. In accordance with the general layout of architect I.Starov, Soborna street did not have a special meaning for the city life and it served as a continuation of Elisavetgradsky Schlyakh. It was a typical post road towards Ochakiv and Odesa before the 1820s. A post office was located at the junction with Shevchenko street.
The first plans of the city showed that street development was very poor. In 1820 Admiral Greig moved the municipal trade zone from Admiralska street to Soborna street. The City Council, the old Music House appeared on the street.
In 1862, when Mykolaiv became an open city, Soborna street secured its role as the main commercial street.
The great boom in building set in Soborna street. The basic urban development with two-storied and three-storied buildings occurred in 1890-1910, when hotels, restaurants, revenue houses with shops on the ground floor appeared in the city. The peculiarity of such buildings was a branched structure of underground premises where the goods have been stored. The houses of Arkas, Vimut, Syrotynsky, Barbe, Goncharov, Utsa, the City Council, the City Police, cinema, three hotels, the Officer Assembly of reserve battalion, bourgeois council, printing house, bank offices appeared in the city.
Since 1897 two lines of the horse-drawn railway of Belgian Anonymous Society were built along Soborna street. In 1914 the first tram, which already belonged to the city, was functioning on the street.
The art nouveau tram station built in 1987 at the junction of Soborna and Khersonska streets (Tsentralnyi Avenue) is an architectural monument and a symbol of the city. Starting from the beginning of XX century Soborna street has become the main trade and craft activity street. Bazarna square at the junction of Soborna and Khersonska streets (Tsentralnyi Avenue) has divided the street into two parts: the first one is wealthy commercial (Admiralska street - Tsentralnyi Avenue) and the second one is industrial handcrafted
(Tsentralnyi Avenue – Novoselska street). During the Soviet times the street got the name Radianska and kept its pre-revolutionary look until 1941. At the second half of XX century new popular objects appeared: “Sotka”, department store “Children's World”, confectioner's shop “Bilochka”, café “Prokholoda”, Kashtanovyi park (lit. “Chestnut park”), etc. In 2016 the street got back its original name – Soborna, and the plan for walks remains unchanged.
