YAKUTSK SELF-GOVERNMENT ACTIVITIES FOR PROVIDING WATER SUPPLY IN 1915 - 1916
P.O. SAVVINOV
Institute of History SB RAS, 8, Nikolaev Str., Novosibirsk, 630090, Russian Federation
Keywords: органы городского самоуправления, городская управа, городская дума, водоснабжение, р. Лена, протока Хатыстах, эпидемии, city self-government, City Council, City Duma, water supply, Lena river, Khatystakh channel, epidemics
Abstract
The article is devoted to the activities of city self-government bodies (City Council, City Duma) during the First World War (1915-1916). Despite the fact that the city was located on the Lena river banks and surrounded by lakes, one of the key problems was water supply. The lack of quality water supply and a culture of life support led to chronic outbreaks of infectious diseases. The author analyzed the problems faced by the city government and measures taken to solve the issue of creating a water supply system. The paper shows that the constructed water pumping facility, use of modern purification systems and control over the water carrier industry in 1916, allowed the city to create a unified centralized water supply system existed until 1944.
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