 | Name: Donetsk
Country: Ukraine
Time zone: GMT +3 / +2 (sum./win.)
Area: 385 sq km
Population: 0,962 million (2010)
Founded in: 1869
Climate: moderately continental
Average temperature: -8°C to +1°C in winter, +14°C to +28°C in summer
Area code: +380 (62)
Airports: Donetsk
Train stations: Donetsk
Bus stations: Zakhidny, Pivdenny
Religious buildings: Orthodox: Transfiguration Cathedral, St.Nicholas Cathedral, Holy Intercession Church, Christ Nativity Church, St.Alexander Nevsky Church, St.Barbara the Megalomartyr Chapel, Holy Iviron Monastery, Svyatohirsk Assumption Lavra (Svyatohirsk, 160 km from Donetsk); Catholic: St.Joseph Parish Church; Muslim: Ahat Jami Cathedral Mosque; Synagogue
Architectural landmarks: Nesterov House, Great Britain Hotel, Krol House, Gorelik House
Statues and memorials: T.Shevchenko, B.Khmelnitsky, D.Yuz, M.Gorky, S.Bubka, Tsar Cannon, Donbass Liberators, Chernobyl Glory Memorial to the Participants of Chernobyl Disaster Liqidation
Museums: Donetsk Region Art Museum, Donetsk Region Local Lore Museum, Donetsk Railroad History and Development Museum, Communications Museum, Donbass Jewish Legacy Museum, Donetsk Metallurgical Plant History Museum, Planetarium, Artyomovsk Winery (Artyomovsk, 90 km from Donetsk)
Theatres: Solovyanenko Academic State Opera and Ballet Theatre, National Academic Ukrainian Music and Drama Theatre, 4th Etazh Theatre Studio, Donetsk Region Puppet Theatre
Natural sites and parks: Scherbakov Central Culture and Leisure Park, Lenin Komsomol Culture and Leisure Park, Ukrainian Steppe Sculpture Park, Forged Figures Park, Botanical Gardens
Expo centres: Expodonbass
Sports venues and clubs: Donbass Arena (FC Shakhtar), Metalurh Stadium (FC Metalurh), Olimpik Stadium (FC Olimpik), Olimpiysky Stadium, Druzhba Sports Palace (HC Donbass, BC Donetsk), Shakhtar Sports Palace |
