Dnepropetrovskaya oblast

Dnepropetrovskaya Region - industrial area in the central part of Ukraine is located in the middle and lower reaches of the Dnieper , mainly steppe area of ​​the so-called Wild Field .

He was a member of Novorossiysk province , which was formed after the Russian- Turkish peace treaty 1774 .

For the agricultural development of these territories were resettled here not only the residents of the Empire, and German colonists invited by the government.

In 1783, became educated sostavvnov Ekaterinoslav province , the territory that hosts now part of the four areas with the center inEkaterinoslav , which was to turn to South Palmyra , the third capital of the Russian Empire. However, the death of the empress and the lack of funds in the treasury did not give these plans to fruition.

After the end of XIX century in the region were discovered deposits of iron ore , coal and other minerals rapid development of the regional economy and its transformation into one of the most important in the Russian Empire.

Today it is one of the most industrialized regions of Ukraine.

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