Raions of Donetsk and Donetsk City Municipality

Kuibyshevskyi District (, ) is an

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of the city of

Donetsk Donetsk ( , ; ; ), formerly known as Aleksandrovka, Yuzivka (or Hughesovka), Stalin, and Stalino, is an industrial city in eastern Ukraine located on the Kalmius River in Donetsk Oblast, which is currently occupied by Russia as the capita ...

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, named after a Soviet political figure

Valerian Kuybyshev Valerian Vladimirovich Kuybyshev (; – 25 January 1935) was a Russian revolutionary, Red Army officer, and prominent Soviet politician. Biography Early years Born in Omsk in Siberia on , Kuybyshev studied at the , a Cadet Corps in O ...

. 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 The Donetsk People's Republic (DPR; , ) is Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine, occupied territory in Ukraine that the Russian Federation has claimed to annex and declared as a Republics of Russia, republic of Russia, comprising parts o ...

War in Donetsk: in a settlement of Zhovtnevyi Rudnyk for the fourth year is a zone of alienation (Война в Донецке: в поселке шахты "Октябрьская" четвертый год – зона отчуждения с концертами)
Segodnya. 30 May 2017 ** Kuibyshevska mine (part of the production association Donetskvuhillya), closed down ** Maksim Gorky mine (part of the production association Donetskvuhillya) ** Panfilovska mine (under the Mine Liquidation Administration), closed down * Donetsk Coke-Production Factory, closed down * Donbas Cable * Topaz Factory, a military production factory with a design bureau of radio-technical instruments (among its products is

Kolchuga passive sensor The Kolchuga (Кольчуга ''Chainmail'') passive sensor is an electronic-warfare support measures (ESM) system developed in the Soviet Union and manufactured in Ukraine. Its detection range is limited by line-of-sight but may be up to for ...

) in 2016 relocated to Russia by militants of the Donetsk People's Republic * Donetsk Factory of chemical agents * Donetsk Factory of chemical products

Places

File:Donetsk topaz.jpg, Topaz Factory File:Греко-католический храм 011.JPG, Greek Catholic Church, 2009 File:Куйбышевский район Донецка 083.jpg, Church of Christ the Savior File:Куйбышевский район Донецка 143.jpg, Temple of St.Ignatius (Ukrainian Orthodox Church (MP)), 2008 File:Panoramio - V&A Dudush - храм Святого Владимира.jpg, St.Vladimir Church, 2009 File:Donetsk Olimp Stadium 1.jpg, Sports Complex Olimp

Notable people

Akhat Bragin Akhat (Alexander) Khafizovich (Sergeevich) Bragin (, , ; 1953 — 15 October 1995) was a Ukraine, Ukrainian businessman of Volga Tatars, Volga Tatar descent. He was a mafia figure of the Donetsk Oblast and later the president of the football club ...

References

External links

Kuibyshev Raion
at the Mayor of Donetsk website
Kuibyshev Raion
at the Uzovka website Urban districts of Donetsk {{Donetsk-geo-stub