There still exist a lot of legends about the first stone building of the city, constructed approximately in 1787, which is said to be set up according to the project of Michail Kazakov or Ivan Starov. In conformity with the general plan of Yekaterinoslav city elaborated by Claude Gueroi  in 1786 “The palace where the Governor-general is supposed to live” was marked in another place – where present day Voroshilov and Fučík Streets are situated. The cannals must have been made from this building to the Dneiper. And the second residence, situated on the hill  and which had already been built, must have been connected to the Preobrazhenskiy Cathedral and the Dnieper with the help of underground passages. The duke was supposed to live in this palace, but it consisted only of one enormous hall, so considering this fact we can assume the palace was build for the meetings and balls to be held.