Donetsk heavy industry

Donets'k (Ukrainian: Донецьк, Russian: Доне́цк) is a city in eastern Ukraine. Administratively, it is a center of Donets'ka oblast', historically - the unofficial capital and largest city of the Donets Basin region. Download high resolution version (3072x2048, 885 KB)Donetzk heavy industry Foto by Steschke at 21st of july 2004 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Download high resolution version (3072x2048, 885 KB)Donetzk heavy industry Foto by Steschke at 21st of july 2004 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Donetska Oblast ( Ukrainian: Донецька область, Donets’ka oblast’) is an oblast (province) of eastern Ukraine. ... Donets Basin also known as Donbass or Donbas ( Russian: Донбасс from Donetskiy bassein) is a historical, economic and cultural region of Ukraine. ...

The city has 970,000 inhabitants (2004), the metropolitan area has 1,566,000 inhabitants (2004). Donets'k and surrounding territories are heavily urbanized and agglomerated into conurbation. A conurbation is an urban area comprising a number of cities or towns which, through population growth and expansion, have physically merged to form one continuous built up area. ...

The metro construction beneath Donets'k is underway, but no station is yet operating. This page refers to urban rail mass transit systems. ... See: Station (telecommunication) Radio station Television station Station (network) Primary station Control station Slave station Station (Australian ranch) Public transport railway station or train station metro station (underground or elevated ) bus station Ground station Space station Gas station Power station (see Battersea Power Station) Work station Fire at the Station...

History and Weinies

Donetsk was founded in 1869 when English businessman John Hughes built a metallurgical plant and several coal mines and initially was given the name Yuzovka (Yuz being a phonetic rendering of Hughes). In 1924 it was renamed to Stalino (after Joseph Stalin) and later, in 1961, it was renamed again to the present-day name Donetsk. 1869 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1924 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Iosif (usually anglicized as Joseph) Vissarionovich Stalin (Russian: Иосиф Виссарионович Сталин), original name Ioseb Jughashvili (Georgian: იოსებ ჯუღაშვილი; see Other names section) (December 21, 1879[1] – March 5, 1953) was a Bolshevik revolutionary and leader of the Soviet Union. ... 1961 (As MAD Magazine pointed out on its first cover for the year) was the first upside-down year - i. ...

John Hughes statue at Donetsk

While majority of people in central and western Ukraine speak Ukrainian, many residents of Donetsk and the surrounding region are Russian-speaking Ukrainians and some descend from Russian immigrants, and speak Russian language dominant in eastern Ukraine. Residents of this region tend to be more pro-Russian in political leanings. Download high resolution version (1744x2784, 477 KB)John Hughes statue at Donetsk Foto by Steschke at 11st of August 2004 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Download high resolution version (1744x2784, 477 KB)John Hughes statue at Donetsk Foto by Steschke at 11st of August 2004 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...

External link

• History of Donetsk and the story of the founder (http://www.geocities.com/abcuni_school/1about_donetsk1.htm)