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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 35. Chapters: People from Donetsk, Sport in Donetsk, Squares in Donetsk, Lilia Podkopayeva, Natan Sharansky, Rinat Akhmetov, Oleg Tverdovsky, Kolchuga passive sensor, Anatoly Fomenko, Yevgeny Khaldei, Emma Andijewska, Donbass Arena, John Hughes, Petro Symonenko, Zasyadko coal mine, 2007 Zasyadko mine disaster, Zalman Aran, Stanislav Kosior, Andriy Vorobey, Aleksandr Lebziak, Donetsk National University, Serhiy Atelkin, Viktor Chanov, Natalya Mammadova, BC Donetsk, Vladimir Salkov, Donetsk Metro, Oleksiy Pecherov, Donbassaero, Yuriy Dehteryov, Serhiy Scherbakov, FC Olimpik Donetsk, Marina Tsvigun, Vitaliy Parakhnevych, Kristina Kots-Gotlib, Dani Schahin, Yukhym Zvyahilsky, Yulia Beygelzimer, Ali Ismailov, Donetsk International Airport, Bohdan Butko, Serhiy Yavorskyi, Stanislav Mykytsey, Denys Yurchenko, Vitaliy Hoshkoderya, Valeriy Podluzhniy, Vitaliy Fedotov, Sergei Bubka, Dmytriy Leonidovich Cherniavskiy, Druzhba Palace of Sports, Maksym Mazuryk, FC Tytan Donetsk, RSC Olimpiyskiy, Donetsk State University of Management, Ihor Levchenko, Shakhtar Stadium, Elena Ralph, Donetsk National Technical University, Metalurh Stadium, Teatralna Square. Excerpt: Donetsk (Ukrainian: Ukrainian pronunciation: , translit. Donets'k; Russian: , translit. Donetsk; former names: Yuzovka, Staline, Stalino, see also: Cities' alternative names), is a large 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 economic and cultural Donets Basin (Donbass) region. The city was founded in 1869 by a Welsh businessman, John Hughes, who constructed a steel plant and several coal mines in the region; the town was thus named Yuzovka ( ) in recognition of his role in its founding ("Yuz" being a Russian or Ukrainian approximation of Hughes). Du...