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Donetsk
Donetsk, Russia, Ukraine 1. Russia (Rostov): formerly Gundorovka until 1955 and then renamed after the Donets River.2. Ukraine: locally Donets′k. A province and a city originally named Yuzovka in 1872 after John Hughes, a Welsh engineer who established what later became the largest steelworks in Imperial Russia. In 1920 it was renamed after Leon Trotsky (1879–1940), Bolshevik commissar for foreign affairs and for war during the Russian Civil War (1918–20). When Trotsky fell from favour and Stalin† assumed the leadership the city was renamed Stalino ‘Of Steel’ from stal′ in 1924–41 and 1943–61. This name was in fact appropriate for another reason because ever since the late 19th century the city had been the centre of steel production in Russia. The name reverted to Yuzovka during the German occupation (1941–3) before returning to Stalino. When he, too, fell from favour, the new Soviet leader, Nikita Khruschev (1894–1971), Soviet leader (1958–64), who was a Communist Party secretary in Yuzovka (1925–6), renamed the city Donetsk because of the proximity of the River Donets ‘Little Don’; the suffix ‐ets signifies the diminutive, the Donets being a tributary of the Don. Donetsk is the main city in the Donbas(s), a shortening of Donetskiy Ugol′ny Basseyn, the Donetsk Coal Basin.
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JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Donetsk." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Donetsk." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Donetsk.html JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Donetsk." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Donetsk.html |
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Donetsk
Donetsk , city (1990 est. pop. 1,120,000), capital of Donetsk region, E Ukraine, on the Kalmius River. The largest industrial center of the Donets Basin and one of the largest in Ukraine, it has coal mines, coking plants, iron and steel mills, machinery works, and chemical plants. The city was founded in 1870 as Yuzovka, named after the Welsh industrialist, John Hughes, who built a factory and many buildings there. From 1924 to 1961 it was called Stalino. Due to underground tunneling, the city has had problems with land subsidence. |
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"Donetsk." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Donetsk." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Donetsk.html "Donetsk." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Donetsk.html |
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"Donetsk." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Donetsk." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Donetsk.html "Donetsk." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Donetsk.html |
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