Verkhnedneprovsky County

The area of ​​the county is 6030 square meters. milestones The surface of the county, generally quite flat and steppe, but somewhat elevated, intersects with a ridge of elevations that serve in the county as a watershed of the Dnieper and its small tributaries, the Saksagani , Kamenka and Bezolovka rivers, originating on the southwestern slope of this elevation consisting of granite and intersecting Dnieper in Yekaterinoslav district . From the rivers in the county only one Dnieper is navigable. Of the other rivers, Bezovluk with Kamenka and Saksaganyu and r. Ingulets .

In the south-eastern part of the county in a space of 25 versts long and about 10 versts wide, from s. Terns to the south-west, along the right bank of the river. Saksagani, there are abundant deposits of iron ore of very high quality. The best slate is somewhat lower than the village of Shmakova.

In 1889, at the village of Sakhnovka, the Society of the Bryansk Plant produced 309,407 pounds; in s. Pokrovsky, in the estate of L. A. Shmakov, iron minted 7,200 pounds was mined. At the iron mines of Belokrysovsky Yuz, Veselo-Ternovskoy volost, in 1889 - 4,622,000 pounds and on Bozhedarovsky, in the estate Kharchenko, in 1889 - 2,82536 pounds of ore.

The soil of the county — fat black soil mixed with clay — is generally very fertile, but with its dryness it does not contribute much to forest vegetation. Under the forest was 5533 acres . The distribution of land by land was as follows: a) under the estates of 30056 d., B) gardens and kitchen gardens of 39615 d., C) arable lands of 370592 d. The whole earth was 630953 dess.

In the estates of the land was distributed as follows: by 1 January. In 1891 the nobles were 254,752 d., Peasants. societies - 197727 dess., peasant associations, acquired land with the help of the cross. Bank, - 26780 dess., peasant proprietors - 42 389 dess., merchants - 51924 dess., German-proprietors - 11058 dess., societies of German colonists - 8957 dess., foreigners - 5454.

According to the census of 1897, the county’s population was 211,674 people, including 6,701 inhabitants in Verkhnedneprovsk ^[1] .

National composition

National composition according to the 1897 census ^[2] :

• Little Russians - 191,160 people. (90.3%),
• Great Russians - 9873 people. (4.7%),
• Jews - 5448 people (2.6%),
• Germans - 4452 people. (2.1%).

In 1913, 26 volosts were included in the county ^[3] :

Residents mainly engaged in arable farming. In 1889, there were 41 horse plants in the county. The fine-wool sheep were 243314 units, concentrated mainly in the hands of three large owners. The peasants bred simple sheep; There were 69915 of them. The rest of the cattle was in the county: horses 26918, cattle 89730, goats 1290, pigs 24699 units. In addition to farming, the inhabitants are engaged in blacksmithing, working in mines, quarries and the like. Pottery was 2, with a production of 1600 rubles; brick-tile factories 7, with a production of 10 tons. p. In the county there are 43 villages, 212 villages, 8 farms, 7 colonies, 2 townships; There are 274 places in total. There are two loan associations. The condition of grain bread shops by January 1, 1890 was as follows: at 27 parishes there are 26920 fourth winter bread, spring 13109 quarter; in loans and arrears of winter 17919 and spring 10130 mon. In addition, 9 companies had food capital of 30,565 rubles.

The income of the zemstvo in 1890 was 114979 rubles, expenditures - 109832 rubles. Land income was 88,242 p. 42 k. 77 rural communities in 1890 had 850 acres under public plowing. There were 71 fair in the county, to which goods were brought for 639317 r., Sold for 238090 r.

All schools in the county 41. At the Saksagansk handicraft school the county zemstvo gives 496 r. and the provincial zemstvo 3000 p. The zemstvo provides benefits to 37 schools, of which 26 are for 350 rubles each. Lined up special buildings for 19 schools. In the county two-year schools of the Ministry of Education 3 and single-class one. German schools do not receive benefits from zemstvos. In all schools there were 2641 pupils, of which 493 girls. 111 boys and 10 girls graduated from the course. There were 8 more parish schools and 1 literacy school, with 230 boys and 16 girls. 12,480 rubles were allocated to public education by the zemstvo, 4,973 rubles from rural societies, 3,048 rubles from the treasury. etc., total 23754 rub. In 1890, guild certificates, patents, etc., 1061 were issued in the county.

4401 rubles were spent on road structures, 30258 rubles were spent on the medical part. In the county there are 4 doctors, 21 feldsh., 4 midwives and 4 Zemsky hospitals, with 100 beds.

• Verkhnodniprovsk // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : 86 t. (82 t. And 4 add.). - SPb. , 1890-1907.