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City in Ukraine, USSR; capital of Donetsk
region, situated in the Donets Basin, a major
coal mining area, 600 km/372 mi SE of Kiev;
population (1987) 1,090,000. It has blast
furnaces, rolling mills, and other heavy
industries. It developed from 1871 when a
Welshman, John Hughes, established a
metallurgical factory, and the town was first
called Yuzovka after him; renamed Stalino
1924, and Donetsk 1961.