Local history collection
Materials for the assessment of lands in Kherson province: [in 6 vols. Statistical Department at the Kherson Provincial Land Administration. - Kherson, 1883-1890. Vol. 1: Odesa County, with two maps and 9 appendices: Typ. N. O. Vashchenko, 1883. - [2], III, [I], XVIII, 385, [1], 132, II p., 1 p. color : table.
The Statistical Department at the Kherson Provincial Zemstvo Administration began its activities in the spring of 1882. In 1882-1887, Zemstvo statisticians under the leadership of O. Rusov conducted an assessment and household inventory of the districts of the Kherson province. The results of these studies were summarized in fundamental local history works: “Materials for the Evaluation of the Lands of the Kherson Province” and ‘Results of the Household Census’ for the Yelisavethrad, Oleksandriia, and Ananiev districts.
The work consists of six volumes, each of them is devoted to a separate county of the Kherson province. Every volume has four chapters and appendices. The first chapter, “Territory and Population,” considers the geographical location, topography, geological and climatic features of the county, as well as the administrative-territorial division and demographic characteristics of the population. The second section, “Land Tenure and Agriculture,” contains a thorough analysis of land tenure systems and farmland exploitation, annual agricultural work, farm budgets, etc. The third section, “Agricultural Land and its Productivity,” is devoted to the classification and use of land, assessment of crop yields and the degree of exploitation of natural resources. The fourth section, “Summary of Valuation Data,” defines the size of the main indicators for the valuation of land property.