An industrial city in the Donets Basin; Also called: Stalino.
City in Ukraine; capital of Donetsk region, situated in the Donets Basin, a major coal-mining area, 600 km/372 mi SE of Kiev; 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; it was renamed Stalino 1924, and Donetsk 1961.