This province is one of beautiful province in Ukraine. The big sport celebration will be held there in Euro 2012. This is the guide you can use to enjoy the city. The area 358 Km square and 1 million population will satisfy you.
Province: Donetsk Oblast
Population: 1,100,700
Area: 358km²
Altitude: 225 m above sea level
June temperature: average highs of 23.1C and lows of 16.3C
Motto: Opportunity is proved with business
At the heart of the Donets Basin, Donetsk is the centre of Ukraine's coal mining region. South-east of Kyiv on the Kalmius River, it was founded in 1869 by Welsh businessman John Hughes, who established a steel mill and several coal mines in the area. A century and a half later and Donetsk's patrons are still built on foundations of steel and coal, the industries leaving an indelible mark on the cityscape.
Despite images of soot-caked faces and hob-nailed industry, the capital of the Donbas has actually been recognised by UNESCO as the world's cleanest industrial city and the centre is benefitting from a financial injection. Five rivers meander through it, while the Sea of Azov, the world's shallowest sea, is just an hour away.
HISTORYDonetsk was originally called Yuzivka, derived from founder John Hughes, but within 50 years it had grown from a ramshackle Wild West town to a city of 50,000. In 1924 Yuzivka became Stalino and with the advent of a clean water supply and sewage system the population grew tenfold before World War Two – by 1945, after Nazi occupation, it was down to 175,000.
The city was renamed under Nikita Khrushchev, taking its current moniker from the Siverskyi Donets river, a tributary of the Don. After the collapse of the USSR, Donetsk's future looked precarious with its 50 mines unprofitable and miners had to fight closures throughout the 1990s before the industry was revived.
ECONOMY
Donetsk has always been powered by coal and other industry – led by steel – has built around it. Even now there are 17 coal mines and five steel mills yet in recent years, following the economic downturn that followed the fall of the Soviet Union, the city has diversified into engineering and food production.
THINGS TO SEE
Once divided into two distinct parts – the industrial south and residential north – Donetsk is now set out in easy-to-navigate Soviet grid style, with the 10km vulytsya Artyoma dividing east and west. A wander along it is a good place to start exploring, starting with the Lenin Komsomol Park by the Donbass Arena with its stark socialist sculptures and excellent views of the strangely attractive terykony (slag heaps).
The area is also home to municipal stadium RSC Olimpiyskyi, fronted by a statue of six-time world pole vault champion Sergiy Bubka in familiar, start-of-run-up pose. FC Shakhtar Donetsk away games are often screened live further down vulytsya Artyoma by the Lenin statue, the supporters gathering in their hundreds to create a sea of orange, many wearing miners' hats. Indeed, there are constant references to Donetsk's carbon roots, be it a bas relief or statue of a miner offering a piece of coal to the heavens.
TRANSPORT
To and from
Donetsk International Airport is 8km north of the city centre and has daily flights to Kyiv, as well as regular services to Tel-Aviv, Vienna, Athens, Istanbul, Munich, Moscow and Larnaca. Just 1km away the Putylivskyi bus station has daily connections to Kharkiv (5.5 hours), Kyiv (12 hours) and Lviv (21.5 hours), though some actually start at the Main Railway Station, also north of the centre. There are direct trains to Kharkiv (from 5.5 hours) and Kyiv (12 hours).
Distances to other UEFA EURO 2012 venues: Kharkiv – 315km
Kyiv – 700km
Lviv – 1,175km
Warsaw – 1,465km
Poznan – 1,785km
Wroclaw – 1,750km
Gdansk – 1,810km
In and around
Donetsk is served by trams, trolleybuses, buses and – by 2012 – a six-station metro system. The main routes run from 6.00 to 23.00, thereafter night services run once an hour though for major events the usual schedule is extended. Single journeys cost 1 UAH, and tickets can be bought after boarding. There are also marshrutkas, fixed-route minibuses, throughout the city.
NOTABLE NAMES• Anatoliy Solovyanenko, opera singer (1932-1999) – Ukraine's 'Silver Voice', a tenor who lends his name to Donetsk Theatre of Opera and Ballet.
• Vasyl Stus, dissident poet (1938-1985) – human rights activist, he spent 23 years in detention for his democratic political convictions and his work was banned by the Soviet regime.
• Oleg Tverdovsky, ice hockey player (b1976) – 1996/97 NHL All-Star and two-time Stanley Cup winner with the New Jersey Devils (2003) and Carolina Hurricanes (2006).
• Lilia Podkopayeva, gymnast (b1978) – European, World and Olympic all-round champion in 1996, 'Lily Pod' is the only woman to execute an Arabian double front brani.
SPORT
Donetsk has been home to Serhiy Bubka, the six-time world pole vault champion who broke the world record no fewer than 35 times during his glittering career, since he was 15. Bubka's powerful frame is captured on a statue near RSC Olimpiyskyi, and every year Donetsk hosts the Pole Vault Stars tournament. Matches in tennis's Davis Cup also frequently take place in the city, and with men's and women's teams in the national leagues for basketball, handball and volleyball there is no shortage of options. MFC Shakhtar are five-time Ukraine futsal champions.
FOOTBALLUEFA Cup winners in 2009, FC Shakhtar Donetsk are the city's main footballing force. The Pitmen have won four league titles since Ukrainian independence, achievements leaving FC Metalurh Donetsk – the city's other top-flight team, founded only in 1995 – very much in the shade. FC Olimpik are in the second division.
FC Shakhtar Donetsk
Nickname: Pomaranchevo-chorni (Orange and blacks), Hirnyky (The Pitmen)
Founded: 1936
Honours: UEFA Cup (1) 2009; Ukrainian League (4) 2002, 2005, 2006, 2008; Ukrainian Cup (6) 1995, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2008; USSR Cup (4) 1961, 1962, 1980, 1983.
Legendary player: Vitaliy Starukhin (1973-81)
Did you know? Shakhtar were the last winners of the UEFA Cup in 2008/09, defeating SV Werder Bremen 2-1 in the final in Istanbul through an extra-time goal by the Brazilian Jadson.
DONBASS ARENA
Club: FC Shakhtar Donetsk
Address: 189e Cheluskintsev Street, Donetsk 83048
UEFA EURO 2012 capacity: 50,000
Running track: No
Transport links: Tram/Bus/Trolleybus
Opened in August 2009, this ultra-modern stadium, funded by Shakhtar's wealthy owner Rinat Akhmetov, features an illuminated exterior and infrared heating system. Situated in central Donetsk, at night it lights up the huge fountain built beside it, complete with 30-tonne football, and the surrounding parkland.
Province: Donetsk Oblast
Population: 1,100,700
Area: 358km²
Altitude: 225 m above sea level
June temperature: average highs of 23.1C and lows of 16.3C
Motto: Opportunity is proved with business
At the heart of the Donets Basin, Donetsk is the centre of Ukraine's coal mining region. South-east of Kyiv on the Kalmius River, it was founded in 1869 by Welsh businessman John Hughes, who established a steel mill and several coal mines in the area. A century and a half later and Donetsk's patrons are still built on foundations of steel and coal, the industries leaving an indelible mark on the cityscape.
Despite images of soot-caked faces and hob-nailed industry, the capital of the Donbas has actually been recognised by UNESCO as the world's cleanest industrial city and the centre is benefitting from a financial injection. Five rivers meander through it, while the Sea of Azov, the world's shallowest sea, is just an hour away.
HISTORYDonetsk was originally called Yuzivka, derived from founder John Hughes, but within 50 years it had grown from a ramshackle Wild West town to a city of 50,000. In 1924 Yuzivka became Stalino and with the advent of a clean water supply and sewage system the population grew tenfold before World War Two – by 1945, after Nazi occupation, it was down to 175,000.
The city was renamed under Nikita Khrushchev, taking its current moniker from the Siverskyi Donets river, a tributary of the Don. After the collapse of the USSR, Donetsk's future looked precarious with its 50 mines unprofitable and miners had to fight closures throughout the 1990s before the industry was revived.
ECONOMY
Donetsk has always been powered by coal and other industry – led by steel – has built around it. Even now there are 17 coal mines and five steel mills yet in recent years, following the economic downturn that followed the fall of the Soviet Union, the city has diversified into engineering and food production.
THINGS TO SEE
Once divided into two distinct parts – the industrial south and residential north – Donetsk is now set out in easy-to-navigate Soviet grid style, with the 10km vulytsya Artyoma dividing east and west. A wander along it is a good place to start exploring, starting with the Lenin Komsomol Park by the Donbass Arena with its stark socialist sculptures and excellent views of the strangely attractive terykony (slag heaps).
The area is also home to municipal stadium RSC Olimpiyskyi, fronted by a statue of six-time world pole vault champion Sergiy Bubka in familiar, start-of-run-up pose. FC Shakhtar Donetsk away games are often screened live further down vulytsya Artyoma by the Lenin statue, the supporters gathering in their hundreds to create a sea of orange, many wearing miners' hats. Indeed, there are constant references to Donetsk's carbon roots, be it a bas relief or statue of a miner offering a piece of coal to the heavens.
TRANSPORT
To and from
Donetsk International Airport is 8km north of the city centre and has daily flights to Kyiv, as well as regular services to Tel-Aviv, Vienna, Athens, Istanbul, Munich, Moscow and Larnaca. Just 1km away the Putylivskyi bus station has daily connections to Kharkiv (5.5 hours), Kyiv (12 hours) and Lviv (21.5 hours), though some actually start at the Main Railway Station, also north of the centre. There are direct trains to Kharkiv (from 5.5 hours) and Kyiv (12 hours).
Distances to other UEFA EURO 2012 venues: Kharkiv – 315km
Kyiv – 700km
Lviv – 1,175km
Warsaw – 1,465km
Poznan – 1,785km
Wroclaw – 1,750km
Gdansk – 1,810km
In and around
Donetsk is served by trams, trolleybuses, buses and – by 2012 – a six-station metro system. The main routes run from 6.00 to 23.00, thereafter night services run once an hour though for major events the usual schedule is extended. Single journeys cost 1 UAH, and tickets can be bought after boarding. There are also marshrutkas, fixed-route minibuses, throughout the city.
NOTABLE NAMES• Anatoliy Solovyanenko, opera singer (1932-1999) – Ukraine's 'Silver Voice', a tenor who lends his name to Donetsk Theatre of Opera and Ballet.
• Vasyl Stus, dissident poet (1938-1985) – human rights activist, he spent 23 years in detention for his democratic political convictions and his work was banned by the Soviet regime.
• Oleg Tverdovsky, ice hockey player (b1976) – 1996/97 NHL All-Star and two-time Stanley Cup winner with the New Jersey Devils (2003) and Carolina Hurricanes (2006).
• Lilia Podkopayeva, gymnast (b1978) – European, World and Olympic all-round champion in 1996, 'Lily Pod' is the only woman to execute an Arabian double front brani.
SPORT
Donetsk has been home to Serhiy Bubka, the six-time world pole vault champion who broke the world record no fewer than 35 times during his glittering career, since he was 15. Bubka's powerful frame is captured on a statue near RSC Olimpiyskyi, and every year Donetsk hosts the Pole Vault Stars tournament. Matches in tennis's Davis Cup also frequently take place in the city, and with men's and women's teams in the national leagues for basketball, handball and volleyball there is no shortage of options. MFC Shakhtar are five-time Ukraine futsal champions.
FOOTBALLUEFA Cup winners in 2009, FC Shakhtar Donetsk are the city's main footballing force. The Pitmen have won four league titles since Ukrainian independence, achievements leaving FC Metalurh Donetsk – the city's other top-flight team, founded only in 1995 – very much in the shade. FC Olimpik are in the second division.
FC Shakhtar Donetsk
Nickname: Pomaranchevo-chorni (Orange and blacks), Hirnyky (The Pitmen)
Founded: 1936
Honours: UEFA Cup (1) 2009; Ukrainian League (4) 2002, 2005, 2006, 2008; Ukrainian Cup (6) 1995, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2008; USSR Cup (4) 1961, 1962, 1980, 1983.
Legendary player: Vitaliy Starukhin (1973-81)
Did you know? Shakhtar were the last winners of the UEFA Cup in 2008/09, defeating SV Werder Bremen 2-1 in the final in Istanbul through an extra-time goal by the Brazilian Jadson.
DONBASS ARENA
Club: FC Shakhtar Donetsk
Address: 189e Cheluskintsev Street, Donetsk 83048
UEFA EURO 2012 capacity: 50,000
Running track: No
Transport links: Tram/Bus/Trolleybus
Opened in August 2009, this ultra-modern stadium, funded by Shakhtar's wealthy owner Rinat Akhmetov, features an illuminated exterior and infrared heating system. Situated in central Donetsk, at night it lights up the huge fountain built beside it, complete with 30-tonne football, and the surrounding parkland.
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