<p><br />

In 1908 the population of the village<br />

of Trukhaniv numbered 6 thousand people, chiefly workers of the<br />

shipyard and their families. The photo depicts one of the 21 streets<br />

of the village; one can see wooden houses and an unpaved road. The<br />

first settlements on the Trukhaniv island were founded as early as<br />

the times of Kyivan Rus. Departments of the Dnieper steamship company<br />

were created there in the second half of the nineteenth century.<br />

There were a school, workshops, a yacht club, the “Ermitazh” park<br />

on the island. From 1895 it was connected by a telephone line with<br />

the estate of the shipping king, David Margolin. In the Empire time<br />

the Trukhaniv island was not a part of the city, so its usual ways<br />

were a bit different from those of the city itself. In view of the<br />

fact that the village was not included in the city limits, a large<br />

number of Jews lived there (there was no need for them to obtain a<br />

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