Section because it took place on the river. Active colonization began to occur in the late 18th century, when, and was founded LOTS (now Dnepropetrovsk), and received a new impetus in the mid 19th century. It was connected with the fact that in the territory have been actively developed rich deposits of minerals that are used in ferrous and non-ferrous metallurgy.
Jaos, sest see toimus jõel. Aktiivne kolonisatsioon hakkas juhtuma 18. sajandi lõpus, kui asutati Ekaterinoslav (nüüd Dnepropetrovsk), ning sai uue hoo sisse 19. sajandi keskel.