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"Jewish Colonization Association" This was the organization, financed by the Baron Hirsch, which supported colonization in Russia, Argentina, Eretz Yisrael and elsewhere. The following set of printed reports covers the period 1904-1937. -Translated from the French by Chaim Freedman. Most of the reports included a section on Russia, subdivided according to region, such as Yekaterinoslav colonies.
At the end of the year’s report there are tables with details of grants including:
(*) date of membership of JCA. 1912 Nechaevka was the local depot for the distribution of agricultural machinery provided by the JCA - 340 machines. Grants to schools (secular) in Gorkaya and Sladkovodnaya. NOTE: There are no reports for several years during the Civil War. Zelionoepole Sladkovodnaya Agriculture 1 1 1 3 Small commerce 2 1 7- Artisans 3 3 3 11 Diverse professions 37 16 18 TOTAL 43 21 11 32 1926 Decision to initiate "New Colonization" - 1400 new families were settled. Comparison of population before and after the war: COLONY BEFORE 1923 1924 Novozlatopol 1691 978 1259 Meziretch 952 564 900 Krasnoselka 1079 372 460 Veselaya 1002 203 225 Priyutnaya 926 471 518 Novodarovka 1059 710 582 (Bogodarovka) Roshkosnaya 745 494 431 Gorkaya 841 334 345 Zelionoepole 935 550 653 Nadezhnaya 1131 658 825 Sladkovodnaya 1114 446 584 Proletarsky (Grafskoy) 697 394 457 Zatishye 1067 867 836 Rovnopol 921 440 504 Khlebodarovka 609 373 470 (Note: Trudoliubovka and Nechaevka do not appear even though they existed before the war - maybe an attempt to hide the pogroms) (Note the new and old names)
Details of cooperative development: Planting of fruit trees in 1927: Novozlatopol 150 Priyutnaya 150 There is a description of the terrain etc. 1929 The colonies were grouped as the "Gulyai Polye" region - 1048 families. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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