Yuzovka


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Yuzovka

(Russian ˈjuzəfkə)
n
(Placename) a former name (1872 until after the Revolution) of Donetsk

Do•netsk

(dəˈnɛtsk)

n.
a city in E Ukraine, in the Donets Basin. 1,117,000. Formerly, Stalin , Stalino, Yuzovka.
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Arthur was the son of Welsh steel industrialist John Hughes, who had founded the town of Yuzovka, also known as Hughesovka (now Donetsk), in Ukraine.
The story of Wales' forgotten journalist; Once forgotten to history, former Western Mail journalist Gareth Jones' name has been reclaimed as one of the greatest reporters of his generation. As part of our series of features celebrating the 150th anniversary of the paper, David Owens uncovers the story of the Welshman's eventful but tragically short life..
The metal works was close to the river at a site near the village of Alexandrovka, with the Hughes factory giving its name to the settlement and the town, Hughesovka - written as Yuzovka in Ukrainian - grew rapidly and became one of the biggest industrial centres of the Russian Empire.
Welsh engineer founded huge ironworks and town in Russia; Back in the 19th century, modern-day Donetsk was one of Imperial Russia's industrial centres - and named Hughesovka in honour of its Welsh founder. Thomas Deacon reports
Not disputing that Nikita Khrushchev was a member of a mining football team in Yuzovka (named after John Hughes from Merthyr Tydfil and later renamed Donetsk), I cannot agree that this sport was introduced into Russia by Welshmen.
From Siberia, with Love: A Story of Exile, Revolution and Cigarettes

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