Open AccessCreation of the glass factory on the base of the village of Rokitne of Ovruch district of Volyn province
Author(s) -
Liudmyla Rudnytska
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
kiïvsʹkì ìstoričnì studìï
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2524-0757
pISSN - 2524-0749
DOI - 10.28925/2524-0757.2018.2.4753
Subject(s) - factory (object oriented programming) , population , government (linguistics) , settlement (finance) , empire , work (physics) , economic history , geography , agricultural economics , engineering , business , economy , archaeology , history , sociology , demography , economics , mechanical engineering , linguistics , philosophy , finance , computer science , payment , programming language
The article highlights the history of the village of Rokytne of Ovruch district in Volyn, which was founded in the 16th century. The rapid development of the village is associated with the change of owner at the end of the 19th century, the Russian nobleman V. M. Okhotnikov and the emergence of merchant of the first guild of St. Petersburg Yu. M. Rozenberg. The Belgian fund was involved with the participation of which it was builtan glass enterprise the outskirt of Rokytne village. The factory worked to satisfy needs of the government and produce glass bottle of different capacity. Construction of the Rokytnе glass factory was possible in the presence of a raw material base — quartz sand and forests, which were used as fuel and as building material. Intensive development coincides with the reconstruction of the glass factory in 1900–1902 years. At the same time, a working settlement arose, whose infrastructure was constantly expanding, especially with the construction of railway connection. The number of population has also increased at the expense of employees who came to work from different parts of the Russian Empire. The administration of Rokytne glass factory provided dwelling for all workers and the representatives of small and midsize businesses and they rented the apartments for organization establishments of trade.