City of Romance  

DONETSK

Donetsk is the administrative centre of the Donetsk region.
For a large industrial town, Donetsk is especially beautiful and very green. It is made up of 9 districts which are linked together by tram, trolley and bus routes. It also has well developed air and railway services.
It was founded in 1689 by English technician-metallurgist J.J.Hughes who built the smithy that became the first production line of future metallurgical plant.Donetsk was known as Hughsofka till 1924 and Stalino till 1961. It was given the status of city in 1917 and became the capital of the Donetsk region in 1932.
Donetsk is a major industrial, scientific and cultural centre with a population of 1132700 today. There are 3 theatres,a Philharmonic Hall, a planetarium, 29 museums and 500 libraries in the city.
Donetsk has become one of the most beautiful Ukrainian cities.

Hotels of Donetsk

Hotel Name	Rating	Singles	Double	Address
Central	***	97	110	87, Artioma Str., Donetsk 83000
Rialto	****	120	160	145,Tkachenko str., Donetsk 45590.
Prague	***	163	180	101 Dubravnaya str., Donetsk 83096
Druzhba	***	80	80	48 Universitetskaya ul., Donetsk, 340073
John Hughes	v.i.p.	100	160	157 Chelyuskintsev Str., Donetsk