«News of the Odesa city council» as a source for studying the history of the development of Odesa in the second half of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries

The purpose of this article is to highlight the activities city authorities in development Odesa based on materials «Izvestia City Duma», which late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was official journal government. analyzes resolutions provision land for construction public buildings, as well publications statistics private construction. In addition, attention paid issues improvement city, namely, paving landscaping streets, laying sewerage, lighting, etc. analysis study showed that Duma» XIX - XX require further study. After all, they allow not only better understand state municipal economy period, but also participants government at various levels improve it.