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[PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN’S DRESSMARKING WORKSHOP OWNERS IN KYIV] Proyekt ustava professional'nogo soobshchestva vladel'tsev masterskikh damskikh naryadov g. Kiyeva [i.e. Draft Charter of the Professional Association of Women’s Dressmaking Workshop Owners in Kyiv]

Item #2542

Kyiv: tipo-litografiya A. O. Shterenzona, 1906. 16 pp. 16,7x13,4 cm. In original publisher’s illustrated wrappers. Tears of the spine, but otherwise near fine.

Scarce. First edition. Text in Russian.
A rare Ukrainian imprint, representing the draft charter of the Professional Association of Women’s Dressmaking Workshop Owners in Kyiv, printed in Russian in 1907. At the time, Ukrainian language and culture were heavily suppressed under the Russian Empire, explaining why the charter was not published in Ukrainian.
According to the text, the Association was founded in Kyiv in 1906 by six workshop owners: “Tradesman Shmuilo Gutmanovich,” “Tradesman Avrum Veiner,” “Tradesman Tikhon Bondarenko,” “Tradesman Semyon Martinenko,” “Tradesman Gersh Katsenelenbogen,” and “Khaim Polevik.” The charter was created in the brief period following the 1905 Revolution, when restrictions on associations were temporarily relaxed, allowing professional societies to formalize.
The charter lists the addresses of the workshops and details the Association’s main objectives, including improving working conditions and increasing labor productivity for member enterprises. It also outlines membership procedures, rights and duties of members, the conduct of general meetings, and other organizational rules. Importantly, the charter stipulates that if the Association were ever dissolved without deciding on the distribution of its funds, the remaining resources should be transferred to the Kyiv Jewish Hospital (founded 1885; after the Revolution it became a regional hospital, as it remains today). The founders were apparently of Jewish origin. While little else is known about them, they likely faced significant challenges in the years that followed, as Jews in Ukraine were subject to frequent legal restrictions and violent pogroms, particularly during the wave of anti-Jewish violence in 1903–1906.
The brochure was likely published in a small print run and intended primarily for workshop owners in Kyiv. Our copy probably belonged to one of these owners.
No copies found in Worldcat.

Price: $950.00