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Yekaterinoslav In the beginning of 19th century the city of Yekaterinoslav had only 6389 inhabitants, in 1865 - 22,816, in 1887 - 48,000 and in 1897 the population had increased to 121, 200 people. For the last thirty years of the century the population of the city increased 5 times. What was reason for such a population boom?
Two men: the Englishman Mr. John Hughes (who developed the Donetsk coal deposits) and Ukrainian Alexandr Pol',
who opened the Kryvyi Rih iron ores. He found ore casually in 1866 while involved in archaeological research. The Donetsk
coal was necessary for melting the pig-iron of Kryvyi Rih ore and there was a need for a connecting railway. It wasn't until
1881 that the sanction for its construction was received and in 1884 it began to work. The constant metal bridge through
Dnieper was opened. From this moment the city began to grow quickly. New settlements appeared: Amur, Nizhnedniprovsk
and the factory areas developed. In 1897, because of the development of the city, third in the Russian Empire, Yekaterinoslav
opened the electrical tram... In 1899 the High Mining School was open and by 1913 it had grown to be the Mining Institute.
The end of 1905 was filled with blood of the first anti-tsar revolts. Some tens of people were killed and hundreds were
wounded. The wave of devastation of the Jews had passed. The atmosphere in society was heated. After the revolution of
1917 and the subsequent Civil War the city was dominated by ruin and an infinite change of authorities for some years.
All this resulted in a paralysis of industry and transport.
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