title: МІСЬКІ ШВЕЙЦАРСЬКІ КОЛОНІЇ НА ПІВДНІ РОСІЙСЬКОЇ ІМПЕРІЇ
abstract: Along with numerous foreign agricultural colonies in the Russian Empire there were many urban colonies. In southern Russia they were formed in major cities (Odessa, Kiev, Kharkov, Rostov-on-Don, Tiflis), and in smaller – Kherson, Poltava, Simferopol, Novocherkassk, etc. The article presents the features of the Swiss city colonization of the South of the Russian Empire in the 18-19 centuries. The role of the Swiss in the industrialization, the formation and development of the economy, industrial 
journal: The Scientific Issues of Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatiuk National Pedagogical University Series pedagogy