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Did you know...
Donetsk is the fifth-largest city in Ukraine and an unofficial capital of Donbass (Donetsk Basin) region.
Donetsk was founded by a Welsh businessman and one of its first districts was called English Colony.
- The first blast furnace in the city was commissioned in 1871 and broke just in a few days. Reparations lasted 9 months.
- Donetsk (Yuzovka than) ranked first by metal production in the Russian Empire in late 19th century.
- Donetsk was twice occupied by German troops: in 1918-1920 and in 1941-1943.
- It took the population of Donetsk just over 100 years to hit the million benchmark despite two wars.
- Nickname of Donetsk is the City of Million Roses.
- Donetsk National Technical University is the oldest in Donetsk – 82 years.
- The first sister city of Donetsk was Sheffield (UK) in 1956.
- In 1970, UNESCO called Donetsk the greenest industrial city of the world.
Donetsk is home to...
- About 100 R&D institutes
- Over 20,000 small and medium-size businesses
- 9 metal enterprises that account for 50% of Donetsk’s export
- Over 20 coal mining companies
- About 40 higher and vocational education facilities
- 3 professional and about 5 amateur theatres
- About 150 restaurants and cafes
- Rinat Akhmetov, the wealthiest man of Ukraine and No. 214 in 2007 The World’s Billionaires list by Forbes
- Vadim Pisarev – the best ballet dancer of the world in 1995 by UNESCO
- 4 Olympic champions: Polina Astakhova (artistic gymnastics in 1956, 1960, 1964); Ilya Mate (wrestling in 1980); Sergey Bubka (pole vault in 1988); Lilia Podkopayeva (gymnastics 1996)
- Shakhtar Donetsk football club (5-times champion of Ukraine, 6-times Ukrainian Cup winner, 2009 UEFA Cup winner and 3-times Ukrainian Super Cup winner)
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