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Donetsk
Donetsk ( , ; uk, Донецьк, translit=Donets'k ; russian: Донецк ), formerly known as Aleksandrovka, Yuzivka (or Hughesovka), Stalin and Stalino (see also: cities' alternative names), is an industrial city in eastern Ukraine located on the Kalmius River in Donetsk Oblast. The population was estimated at in the city core, with over 2 million in the metropolitan area (2011). According to the 2001 census, Donetsk was the fifth-largest city in Ukraine. Administratively, Donetsk has been the centre of Donetsk Oblast, while historically, it is the unofficial capital and largest city of the larger economic and cultural Donets Basin (''Donbas'') region. Donetsk is adjacent to another major city, Makiivka, and along with other surrounding cities forms a major urban sprawl and conurbation in the region. Donetsk has been a major economic, industrial and scientific centre of Ukraine with a high concentration of heavy industries and a skilled workforce. The density of he ...
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Donetsk State Academic Opera And Ballet Theatre Named After A
Donetsk ( , ; uk, Донецьк, translit=Donets'k ; russian: Донецк ), formerly known as Aleksandrovka, Yuzivka (or Hughesovka), Stalin and Stalino (see also: cities' alternative names), is an industrial city in eastern Ukraine located on the Kalmius River in Donetsk Oblast. The population was estimated at in the city core, with over 2 million in the metropolitan area (2011). According to the 2001 census, Donetsk was the fifth-largest city in Ukraine. Administratively, Donetsk has been the centre of Donetsk Oblast, while historically, it is the unofficial capital and largest city of the larger economic and cultural Donets Basin (''Donbas'') region. Donetsk is adjacent to another major city, Makiivka, and along with other surrounding cities forms a major urban sprawl and conurbation in the region. Donetsk has been a major economic, industrial and scientific centre of Ukraine with a high concentration of heavy industries and a skilled workforce. The density of he ...
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Donetsk Oblast
The Donetsk Oblast ( ukr, Донецька область, Donetska oblast, ), also referred to as Donechchyna ( ukr, Донеччина, links=no), is an oblast of eastern Ukraine. It is Ukraine's most populous province, with around 4.1 million residents. Its administrative centre is Donetsk; however, its Regional State Administration has been temporarily relocated to Kramatorsk because of the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian war. Historically, the region has been an important part of the Donbas region. From its creation in 1938 until November 1961, it bore the name ''Stalino Oblast'' as Donetsk was then named "Stalino", in honour of Joseph Stalin. As part of the de-Stalinization process, it was renamed after the Siversky Donets river, the main artery of Eastern Ukraine. Its population is estimated as The oblast is known for its urban sprawl of Donetsk– Makiivka and Horlivka– Yenakiieve and it is often associated with the coal mining industry. The war in Donbas and the sub ...
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Donetsk Republic (political Party)
The Social Movement "Donetsk Republic" (russian: Общественное движение «Донецкая республика», Obshchestvennoye dvizheniye «Donetskaya respublika»; ODDR) is a pro-Russian separatist political movement operating in the Donetsk region of Ukraine. Before its Russian annexation of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts, annexation, the movement's goal was the creation of a "federation of sovereign Donetsk", which would include seven regions of eastern and southern Ukraine.SBU detained the leader of Donetsk Republic
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Alexey Kulemzin
Alexey Valeryevich Kulemzin (, ; born 13 June 1974) is Russian and Ukrainian politician serving as the mayor of Donetsk since 17 October 2016. He previously served as a deputy in the People's Council of the Donetsk People's Republic. Biography He was born on 13 June 1974 in Donetsk, Ukrainian SSR, USSR. In 1989 he began his working career. In 1997 he graduated from the Donetsk National University with a degree in economics and production management, having received the title of an economist. Three years later, in 2000, he graduated from Donetsk National Technical University with a degree in public service. From May 1998 to 2014 he was an employee of the Donetsk Regional State Administration. From 2007 to 2010, he served as the head of the Department for Foreign Economic Relations and European Integration of the Donetsk Regional State Administration, and from 2011 to 2013 he was the deputy head of the Main Department for Regional Development, Attracting Investments and Foreign ...
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Voroshylov Raion
Voroshylovskyi District ( uk, Ворошиловський район) is an urban district of Donetsk, Ukraine, named after Marshal of the Soviet Union Marshal of the Soviet Union (russian: Маршал Советского Союза, Marshal sovetskogo soyuza, ) was the highest military rank of the Soviet Union. The rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union was created in 1935 and abolished in 19 ... Kliment Yefremovich Voroshilov. It is the Donetsk's downtown and was created in 1973 after splitting away from the Kalininskyi District, Donetsk. Places File:Donetsk apelacionniy sud.jpg, Donetsk Oblast Appellate Court (21st century) File:Yuzovskoe obschestvennoe sobranie.jpg, Yuzivka Social Assembly, the building was demolished before 1920 File:Donetsk sinagoga.jpg, Donetsk Synagogue (21st century) File:Zemskaya bolnica 1910 uzovka.jpg, Yuzivka Regional Hospital, 1910 File:Donetsk zhd 02.jpg, Station of the Donetsk children railroad, 1930s File:Donetskaya Oblast-Oblgosadminist ...
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Kuibyshev Raion
Kuibyshevskyi District ( uk, Куйбишевський район, russian: Куйбышевский район) is an urban district of the city of Donetsk, Ukraine, named after a Soviet political figure Valerian Kuybyshev. It was created in 1937 as one of the first six original city districts. It is located at the northwestern part of the city. Residential neighborhoods ;Multi-storey developments * Mahistralnyi * Industrialnyi * Azotnyi * Zhylkop * Karier * Hirnyk * Flora * Zhovtneve * Topaz * Ploshcha Bakynskykh Komisariv ;Settlements * Smolyanka * Zhovtneve * Khimik * Chervonyi Pakhar * Hrabary * Lozivske * Administratyvnyi * Hirnyk Industry * Mines ** Zhovtnevyi Rudnyk coal mine (part of the Donetsk Coal Power Company), flooded by militants of the Donetsk People's Republic
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Donetsk National Academic Ukrainian Musical And Drama Theatre
The Donetsk National Academic Ukrainian Musical and Drama Theatre is a theatre in Donetsk, Ukraine. It was founded in 1927 and was awarded national status in November 2009. It has hosted the regional theater festival "Theatrical Donbas" since 1992 and the "Golden Key" open festival performances and concerts for children and youth since 1997. History The Donetsk National Academic Ukrainian Musical and Drama Theatre began in 1927 in Kharkov, then the capital of Ukraine, with the creation of the Ukrainian Labour Theatre. Its purpose was to carry out cultural and educational missions in Eastern Ukraine. The troupe was formed from the actors of the Kharkov State Folk Theatre and the Berezil Theatre. The first director was А. Zagarov, who had studied with Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko. A year later, V. Vasilko, a student of Les Kurbas who later became an Honoured People's Artist of Ukraine, was appointed the art director. In 1933, at the invitation of the People's Commissariat of ...
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Administrative Division Of Ukraine
The administrative divisions of Ukraine (Ukrainian language, Ukrainian: Адміністрати́вний у́стрій Украї́ни, Romanization of Ukrainian, tr. ''Administratyvnyi ustrii Ukrainy'') are subnational administrative divisions within the geographical area of Ukraine under the jurisdiction of the Constitution of Ukraine, Ukrainian Constitution. Ukraine is a unitary state with three levels of administrative divisions: 27 regions (24 Oblasts of Ukraine, oblasts, two City with special status, cities with special status and one Autonomous Republic of Crimea, autonomous republic), 136 raions of Ukraine, raions and 1469 Hromada, hromadas. The first tier consists of 27 subdivisions, of which there are 24 oblasts of Ukraine, oblasts, one autonomous republic of Ukraine, autonomous republic (Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Crimea) and two city with special status, cities with special status (Kyiv and Sevastopol). The second tier includes 136 raions. Ukraine Administrat ...
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Donbass Palace
Donbass Palace is the first 5-star hotel in Donetsk that joined The Leading Hotels of the World (2005). History Hotel "Donbass" was built in 1938 upon the plans of N. Rechanikov and A. Shuvalova. During the construction, the project was redesigned by N. Porkhunov. Panteley Tamurov supervised construction. During the Nazi occupation of Donetsk, the Gestapo was headquartered in the hotel; the building was partially destroyed during the war. From 1947 to 1949, the building was renovated, but the dome was not restored due to lack of funds. In 1971, the Donbas National Academy of Civil Engineering and Architecture conducted restoration works. The hotel was considered an architectural monument of the Donetsk region. On 26 February 2001, the old building was blown up. On 15 May 2004, the five star hotel "Donbass Palace" was opened. The new building slightly differs from the original. Currently, Donbass Palace is owned by ESTA Group, which operates the real estate business of System ...
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Lenin Raion, Donetsk
Leninskyi District ( uk, Ленінський район) is an urban district of Donetsk, Ukraine, named after a Soviet political figure Vladimir Lenin Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov. ( 1870 – 21 January 1924), better known as Vladimir Lenin,. was a Russian revolutionary, politician, and political theorist. He served as the first and founding head of government of Soviet Russia from 1917 to 1 .... It was created in 1937 as the Factory-Stalin Raion. Places File:Институт последипломного образования 001.jpg, Institute of post-graduate education, 2010 File:Monument to the soldiers of the southern front of the World War II, Donetsk.jpg, Memorial stele at a mass grave of the World War II Soviet soldiers File:Donetsk telecentr 001.jpg, TV Center File:Ленинский район Донецка 061.jpg, House of Cinema File:Donetsk shkola pri dmz.jpg, School for children of the British administration of the Yuzivka Metallurgical Factory, 2006 Fil ...
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Kiev Raion
Kyivskyi District ( uk, Київський район) is urban district of the city of Donetsk, Ukraine, named after the capital city of Ukraine, Kyiv. Places File:Памятник Кобзону И. Д. ул. Челюскинцев 189..jpg, Monument to Joseph Kobzon Iosif (Joseph) Davydovich Kobzon (russian: link=no, Ио́сиф Давы́дович Кобзо́н; 11 September 1937 – 30 August 2018) was a Russian singer, known for his crooner style. Early life Kobzon was born to Jewish parents in th ... and the Palace of Youth Yunost, 2013 File:Donetsk yorgen 02.jpg, Monument of recovered patient File:РСК Олимпийский (006).jpg, Monument to Sergei Bubka in front of the RSK Olimpiisky, 2009 File:Пальма Мерцалова у Экспо-Донбасса 1.jpg, Palm tree of Aleksei Mertsalov File:День Победы в Донецке, 2010 023.JPG, Monument to liberators at the Komsomol Park, 2010 File:Donetsk pionerskaya.jpg, Pionerskaya Station ...
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Petrovskyi Raion
Petrovskyi District ( uk, Петровський район) is an urban district of the city of Donetsk, under the control of de facto Donetsk People's Republic, named after a Soviet political figure Grigoriy Petrovsky. It was created in 1937. Places File:Donetsk Kirsha Training Centre 1.jpg, Shakhtar Donetsk Football Club Shakhtar Donetsk ( uk, Футбольний клуб «Шахтар» Донецьк , short nickname "miners") is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. In 2014, due to the War in Donbass, the club was f ... training grounds in Kirsha File:Ленин на площади Победы 2.jpg, Lenin's monument at the Victory Square, 2009 File:Площадь Победы 001.jpg, Memorial Stele at the Victory Square, 2009 File:Памятник Петровскому 009.jpg, Petrovsky's monument in front of the Palace of Cultures, 2009 External links Petrovsky Raionat the Mayor of Donetsk website Petrovsky Raionat the Uzovka websi ...
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