Issues of social protection of the proletarian in the activities by zemsky organizations in the Katerinoslav Region in the late XIX-th – at the beginning of the XX-th century

The article elucidates the questions of forming the network of medical-food points in Ekaterinoslav Governorate in the late nineteenth – early twentieth centuries. To 1903 nineteen points of this type had functioned in the territory of the province. The author reveals the main directions of their activity aimed at social protection of working class and, in particular, providing the workers with food and medical assistance and accommodation. It is also noted that these points played the role of labor exchanges, assisting the workers who left the village to get the required work. Besides that, the points were provided with small libraries which contributed to enlightenment of the workers and their cultural development. The author comes to the conclusion that in spite of all the deficiencies in the work of land medical-food points they played a definite positive role in the questions of social protection of regional proletariat.