ABOUT DONETSK
The city of Donetsk is one of the biggest regional centers in Ukraine. It covers 381 square kilometers, with a population of 1 131 700.
The town was officially named "Donetsk" in 1869 replacing a former Cossack settlement. Both the growing number of coal mines and the establishment of the Novorossiyskaya Company with its metallurgical plant spurred the growth of Donetsk.
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.
The major industrial products from Donetsk are produced by the coal, metallurgy, food, machine-building and metal working industries.

CULTURE
Donetsk is one of the largest cultural centers in Ukraine. Within the city limits, there are:
- 3 theatres
- 53 palaces of culture and clubs
- a circus
- 20 cinemas
- a Regional Museum of Fine Arts
- about 450 libraries (including school libraries)
- a regional Philharmonic Society
- 140 museums and museum rooms (including a Regional Museum at a Local Lake)
- a Planetarium
The world famous singers, Anatoly Solovolanenko and Jury Guljaev, the ballet dancers, Vadim Pisarev and lnna Dorofeeva, and trumpeter, Valeriy Kolesnikov, prize winner of many international jazz festivals and many other wonderful performers received their training as members of the troupe of the Donetsk State Academic Russian Opera and Ballet Theatre.