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A view of

the Trukhaniv island and the church of St. Elizabeth from the side of

the Dnieper. 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. It was connected by a

telephone line with the estate of the “shipping king”, David

Margolin.</p><p>The church of St. Elizabeth was built in 1909-1910 and

named in honour of both general governor Trepov’s wife and the

saint who was considered the patroness of the construction. In 1908

the population of the village of Trukhaniv numbered 6 thousand people

who were mainly workers of the shipyard and their families. 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><p><i>Olga Martyniuk</i></p>