Problems of Electrification of the Perm Region at the Beginning of the Xx Century (Based on the Materials of the Newspaper "Perm Zemskaya Nedelya")

Abstract

Based on the materials of the newspaper «Permskaya Zemskaya Nedelya», the problems of electrification of the Perm province at the beginning of the 20th century are considered. Publications that deal with economic, social and cultural aspects, as well as security issues associated with the process of electrification are analyzed. It is concluded that the zemstvo authorities, through their periodical printed edition, promoted among readers the idea of building a power plant in the territory of the Kama region, and also focused on the benefits of electrification both in domestic and industrial terms. Many intentions and plans of the Zemstvo, reflected on the pages of the newspaper, were already implemented in the Soviet period.