in november 1874, the first congress of the association of coal miners of the south took place in taganrogmine donbass coal and those who transport it. just 3 years later... it was created council of congresses of mining industrialists of the south of russia, the main lobby of entrepreneurs of that time. steel and coal magnates sought administrative reform of the empire, advocating the unification of different regions along industrial lines. after the february revolution, the disputes became even more heated, then the ukrainian central rada declared claims to kharkov, ekoterinoslav, and tavrechesky. kherson province and part of the don army region, about how in those years the council of congresses of miners of the south of russia fought for the unity of donbass and krivbass, and what other important decisions he made in olga mokhova’s story. among the founders of the council of congresses of miners of the south of russia, the mercury king alexander auerbach, and the gold miner nikolaev dakov - the leader of the heavy industry of the empire, as nikolai von ditmar's contemporaries called hi