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Donetsk - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (540 words) |
 | In 1924, under the Soviet rule, the city's name was changed to Stalino after Joseph Stalin. |
| The Nazi invasion during World War II almost completely destroyed the city, which was mostly rebuilt on a large scale at the war's end. |
| Stalino's name was changed to Donetsk, after the Donets river, a tributary of the Don. |
| Donetsk. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 (138 words) |
| The city was founded in 1870 as Yuzovka, named after the Welsh industrialist, John Hughes, who built a factory and many buildings there. |
| From 1924 to 1961 it was called Stalino. |
| Due to underground tunneling, the city has had problems with land subsidence. |
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