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.
Aktibong kolonisasyon ay nagsimulang mangyari sa huling bahagi ng ika-18 siglo, kapag ito ay itinatag ng maraming (ngayon Dnipropetrovsk), at nakatanggap ng isang bagong sigla sa gitna ng ika-19 siglo. Ito ay konektado sa ang katunayan na ang teritoryo ay na-aktibong binuo masaganang deposito ng mineral na ginagamit sa ferrous at nonferrous metalurhiya.