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{{Infobox Ukrainian City | name = Donetsk | coa = Donetsk gerb.gif | motto = | map = Donezk-Ukraine-Map.png | oblast = Donetsk Oblast | mayor = A. A. Lukianchenko | area = 358 | pop = 1,131,700 | year = | density = 2,838 | founded = 1869 | N1 = 48 | N2 = 00 | E1 = 37 | E2 = 48 | code = 62 | plate = | sisters = Bochum, Charleroi, Pittsburgh, Sheffield, Taranto, Moscow, Vilnius | url = http://www.donetsk.org.ua/ }} Donetsk (Template:Lang-ua, Donets'k; Template:Lang-ru) is a city in eastern Ukraine on the Kalmius river. Administratively, it is a center of Donetsk Oblast, while historically it is the unofficial capital and largest city of the Donets Basin region, or Donbass. The city's name is often simplified to Donetsk.

1 Contemporary Donetsk
2 History
3 Ethnopolitics
4 Transportation
5 Donetsk Raions
6 Views of Donetsk
7 Famous People From Donetsk
8 External links

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Contemporary Donetsk

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The city has 1,131,700 inhabitants (2005) and the metropolitan area has 1,566,000 inhabitants (2004). It is currently the fourth-largest city in Ukraine. Donetsk and the surrounding territories are heavily urbanized and agglomerated into conurbation. The workforce is heavily involved with heavy industry, especially coal mining, but the city is very green and lightly-polluted for being a major industrial city. Donetsk has one of the highest standards of living in the region.

Donetsk lies 95 km north of the Sea of Azov, a popular vacation spot for the city's inhabitants. The city's football teams are FC Shakhtar Donetsk, owned by Rinat Akhmetov, and FC Metalurg Donetsk.

From 1962-1996 Donetsk had economic partnerships with Magdeburg in Germany. Donetsk is currently twinned with:

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History

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Donetsk was founded in 1869 when the Welsh businessman John Hughes built a metallurgical plant and several coal mines near a Cossack settlement Alexandrovka. The town initially was given the name Yuzovka ("Yuz" being a phonetic rendering of Hughes). By the beginning of the 20th century Yuzovka had approximately 50,000 inhabitants, and attained the status of a city in 1917. In 1924 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. During Nikita Khrushchev's second wave of destalinization immediately after the 22nd Communist Party Congress in November 1961, all Soviet cities named after Stalin were renamed. Stalino's name was changed to Donetsk, after the Donets river, a tributary of the Don.

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Ethnopolitics

While the majority of people in central and western Ukraine speak Ukrainian, most residents of Donbas are Russian-speaking Ukrainians and native Russians. The Russian language is dominant in Donbas. According to 2001 population census, [1] Ukrainians are 56,9% of Donetsk region and Russians are 38,2%.

Residents of the region tend to be more pro-Russian in political leanings. This trend has been massively used during 2004 presidential election.

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Transportation

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Local transportation

The main forms of transport within Donetsk are: trams, electric trolley buses, buses, and Marshrutkas (private minibuses). The city public transportation system is controlled by the united Dongorpastrans municipal company. The city has 12 different tram lines (about 130km), 17 different trolley bus lines (about 188km), and about 115 different bus lines. Both the tram and trolley bus systems in the city are served by 2 depots each.

In Donetsk there are about 32 different taxi companies.

There is currently a metro system under construction in Donetsk, but no station is yet operational. Proposed map of the Donetsk Metro.

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Railroads

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Donetsk contains connections to various parts of Ukarine and Russia. Donetsk's main train station Donetsk is located in the northern part of the city. Near the main train station there is a mueseum about the history and expansion of the railroads in Donetsk.

Various other stations that the city includes are: Putchenkovo Station, located in the Kievskiy Raion; Mandrykino Station, located in the Petrovskiy Raion, and the Mushketovo Station located in the Bydjenovskiy Raion.

The city also contains a children' railway.

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Air

Donetsk contains an airport, which is served by the airline, DonbassAero.

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Donetsk Raions

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The territory of the Donetsk city is divided into 9 administrative raions (districts):

Bydjenovskiy Raion: 25 km², 100,300 inhabitants
Voroshilovskiy Raion: 10 km², 97,300 inhabitants
Kalininskiy Raion: 19 km², 109,700 inhabitants
Kievskiy Raion: 33 km², 143,700 inhabitants
Kirovskiy Raion: 68 km², 171,700 inhabitants
Kujbishevskiy Raion: 51 km², 120,800 inhabitants
Leninskiy Raion: 37 km², 107,800 inhabitants
Petrovskiy Raion: 57 km², 88,600 inhabitants
Proletarskiy Raion: 58 km², 102,800 inhabitants

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Views of Donetsk

A cathedral in Donetsk	Hram Ignatia Mariupolskogo in Donetsk	Donetsk Botanical Garden	Drama Theatre of Donetsk
Opera Theater of Donetsk	The central rynok in Donetsk	Donetsk train museum