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Viaţa cotidiană în oraşul Chişinău la începutul secoului al XX-lea (1900-1918)
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orchards. They were inhabited by low-income strata and poor urban populations.
Despite the low living standards, should be mentioned that the national
spirit was kept unaltered in certain suburban areas of the city.
In the same context, we note that the life of the inhabitants of Chisinau in
the early twentieth century knows substantial differences compared with other
cities of Bessarabia, it differs from that of the village. Furthermore, Chisinau
was formed under the Russian domination due to the political context of the
period, which helped to create specific development of everyday life in that
period. Even Chisinau fall behind other major European cities in terms of
organization and living standards of the people, he remains in the early twentieth
century the province’s main urban center and one of the most important
cities Russian Empire.
Acceleration of urbanization and modernization of the city can be
observed by the improved environmental and living standards of inhabitants
of Chisinau. Thus, the early twentieth century through the efforts of
local authorities, health has improved activity in the city, have been addressed
and resolved several health problems caused by common infectious diseases,
scarlet fever, tuberculosis, etc. and several measures were taken to prevent
them, but also for maintaining hygiene and sanitation policy in the city.
Also, a number of decisions of municipal Duma provides the establishment
and operation of health services in Chisinau, which was almost daily
in the city center and several times per week in its suburbs. Improving the
activity of these services was important, due to the fact that Chisinau was one
of the most populated cities in the period.
In the same context, was important the improvement of the drinkable
water supply. Starting with the first urban water supply in 1892, were built
several fountains, a pumping station boiler, in order to ensure the city’s population
with drinkable water. Although proper sanitation Chisinau dates 1912,
it only worked in the central part of the city, in the peripheral regions of
the city, supplying people with water was done from wells or springs. Due
to address the problem, in 1914 Commission decision is taken on the issue
of design expertise in Chisinau city sewer system ensured by Langhelotti
Vindşild and, partially solved this problem.
The same situation is with the enlightenment of the capital. With the first
power plant construction was a big necessityvof the electric lighting. In the
researched period, more actions are taken, which sought to install electric
lamps on the main streets of the city and the most important private homes
and lights functioning occur after a fixed schedule of city authorities.