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In 1908 the population of the village

of Trukhaniv numbered 6 thousand people, chiefly workers of the

shipyard and their families. The photo depicts one of the 21 streets

of the village; one can see wooden houses and an unpaved road. The

first settlements on the Trukhaniv island were founded as early as

the times of Kyivan Rus. Departments of the Dnieper steamship company

were created there in the second half of the nineteenth century.

There were a school, workshops, a yacht club, the “Ermitazh” park

on the island. From 1895 it was connected by a telephone line with

the estate of the shipping king, David Margolin. In the Empire time

the Trukhaniv island was not a part of the city, so its usual ways

were a bit different from those of the city itself. In view of the

fact that the village was not included in the city limits, a large

number of Jews lived there (there was no need for them to obtain a

special permission for residence).</p><i>Olga Martyniuk</i><p></p>