ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES OF JEWISH POPULATION IN UMAN IN THE XIXTH CENTURY

Abstract

The article is devoted to participation of Jewish population in the Uman economic life (without Uman region) during the XIX th century. The author focuses attention on the economic development of the city in the second half of the XIX th century, when started active development and expand production of new industrial enterprises. The article aim is to show the scale of influence of Jewish capital on contemporary Uman economic face and to prove the thesis that the city was in Jewish hands based on widespread use of archival documents.