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Stalino (Donetsk) (1924–61)

On the Stalin’s Soviet Union map as “Stalino”

1924–1961 — The Welsh industrialist John Hughes founded Yuzovka as a mining city in the Donbas. It took Stalin’s name in 1924 and became Stalino a few years later. Since 1961 it has been called Donetsk.

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Turning point
Chapter
Stalin’s cult of personality (chapter 8 of Stalin’s Soviet Union)
Atlas
The Soviet Union under Stalin, 1924–1953
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Map showing Stalino (Donetsk) (1924–61), turning point in The Soviet Union under Stalin, 1924–1953
TURNING POINT · THE SOVIET UNION UNDER STALIN, 1924–1953

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