Guss K. Industrial working class of Donbass in the modernization of the industry (the second half of the XIX century.)

Object: social and economic development of the Donbass in the post-reform period; objective: investigate process of forming and development of the working class in the Donbass in the second half of the nineteenth century; methods: historical, historical and comparative, historical and typological, problem-chronological, historical and statistical; results: examined becoming and development of heavy industry of Donbass, the main the sources of formation working class of Donbass, elucidated number of workers and industry, sex, age, ethnic composition of industrial workers in the region, installed amounting of wages, duration of working hours, working conditions and everyday lives of workers of Donetsk coal basin, shows the state of medical care and social insurance workers of Donbass, studied social and cultural development of the then industrial working class of Donetsk region; novelty: the first time made a comprehensive analysis of socio-economic situation of industrial working class of Donbass in the second half of the nineteenth century; branch: History of Ukraine