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Russian Archaeological Congress. Seven
volumes of ethnographic and statistical
materials were collected, prepared and
published. In 1873 the Community members
founded Historical society of Nestor-
chronicler, in 1875 they bought out a Russian
newspaper “Kyivsky Telegraph”, which was
their printing organ during a year. “The Old
Community” bought T. Shevchenko’s grave
in Kaniv and with the assistance of Zolotonos
zemstvo arranged it and put an iron cross on
it. They also laid a large park and built stairs
up to the hill. In 1876 the newspaper was
closed, South-Western Department of Russian
Geographical Society was liquidated. Active
members of the community movement were
persecuted. P. Chubynsky left for Petersburg,
F. Vovk, S Podolynsky and M. Dragomanov
went abroad. Later, in the second half of the
70-s young Ukrainian intellectuals became
dissatisfied with a moderate cultural activity
of communities. More radical societies
appeared, which were called “The Young
Communities”.
1872 A metallurgic works of Novorossiysk society
was opened on the river Kalmius in Bakhmut
district. It used to belong to John Youz, an
English capitalist. A mining village Yuzivka
was laid nearby (Donetsk at present).
1872– 1873 The formation and activity of populist
groups in Ukraine, Kyiv, Odesa, Kherson,
Kharkiv. A Kyiv University student P.
Akselrod headed a revolutionary-populist

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