Donetsk's Fact
| Population | : | 975,959 |
| City's Area | : | 358 km² |
| Coordinates | : | 48°00'10"N 37°48'19"E |
| Time Zone | : | CET (UTC+2), CEST (UTC+3) when summer time |
| Motto | : | --- |
| City's Stadium | : | Donbass Arena (52,518 seats) |
| Top Football Club | : | Shakhtar Donetsk, Metalurg Donetsk |
| Website | : | www.citylife.donetsk.ua |
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| Coat of Arms |
Donetsk is a large city in eastern Ukraine who are on the side of the river Kalmius. The city was founded in 1869 by a steel and mining entrepreneurs from Wales John Hughes. The town was thus named Yuzovka in recognition of his role in its founding ("Yuz" being a Russian or Ukrainian approximation of Hughes). The city changed its name in 1921 when the Communist master it and become Stalino, according to the name of the leader of the Soviet Union at that time. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the town was renamed Donetsk, under Nikita Khrushchev. The name was taken from the river Siverskyi Donetsk.
Donetsk is the centre for Ukraine's coal mining and notable steel industry center. Although many described as a dirty place from industrial combustion, Donets Basin or Donbass called UNESCO recognized as the industry's cleanest city in the world. Besides coal mining, Donetsk began to develop economic activities in the field of engineering and food production.
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| FC Shakhtar Museum |
One of the tourist destination in Donetsk you should visit is FC Shakhtar Museum. The museum, which was inaugurated on 14 July 2010 is located in the Donbass Arena stadium's area. Inside the museum you will immerse yourself into Shakhtar Donetsk's rich historical legacy. In the museum, you'll are offered to learn more about unique exhibits and share in every timeless victory, or watch one of the FC Shakhtar landmark matches in the cinema hall, seating back in an armchair or taking in the action from an improvised 'fifth stand' (that's how they used to call the slag heap near the Central Stadium Shakhtar in the fifties and sixties), just as the club fans did back in the 1950s.
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| Serhiy Rebrov |
One of the most famous people born in Donetsk is Serhiy Stanislavovych Rebrov. He is a retired Ukrainian football forward turned midfielder, currently assistant coach at Dynamo Kyiv reserves team. Rebrov gained international fame as an attacking partner of Andriy Shevchenko at Dynamo Kyiv throughout the 1990s and remains top all-time scorer of the Ukrainian Premier League. He has been capped 75 times by Ukraine and played in the 2006 World Cup, the nation's first ever World Cup. When still active as a football player, Rebrov has awarded Ukrainian Footballer of the Year in 1996 and 1998.
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| Donetsk's Map |
Distance to other Euro 2012 Venues
| Kharkiv | : | 315 km |
| Kyiv | : | 700 km |
| Lviv | : | 1,175 km |
| Warsaw | : | 1,465 km |
| Wroclaw | : | 1,750 km |
| Poznan | : | 1,785 km |
| Gdansk | : | 1,810 km |
Source : goal.com, wikipedia, bolaeropa.com, shakhtar.com
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