Donetsk Photos

Tribute to Coal Miners

Monument to Miners Glory pays tribute to the many past and present coal miners who work to fuel Donetsk industry.

Donetsk State Library

Located at 84 Artyoma Ulitsa in Donetsk, Ukraine.

Donetsk Drama Theater

Donetsk Cathedral

Photo of the reconstructed Transfiguration of Jesus Cathedral.

Tsar Cannon, Donetsk

Made in Izhevsk, Russia and given to Donetsk city as a symbol of friendship, the Tsar Cannon is located near the Donetsk city administration building on Artyoma Ulitsa, across from the White Swan Supermarket.

Taras Shevchenko Statue

Photo monument to Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian poet, artist and humanist who is regarded as the origin of modern Ukrainian language.

Donetsk War Memorial

Photo of Monument to Donbass Liberators from Fascist German occupation during the Soviet's Great Patriotic War (1941-1945).

Donetsk Train Station

Donetsk Tram

Photo of tram picking up passengers at the Donetsk railway station.

Sherbakova Park, Donetsk

RSK Olympic Stadium

Olimpiyskyi Stadium, with a seating capacity of 25,678, is currently (as of 2007) home to FC Shakhtar Donetsk and has been named a reserve stadium for Euro 2012.

New Shakhtar Stadium

Future home of FC Shakhtar Donetsk, with a seating capacity of 50,000, it will be one of the Euro 2012 venues.

Donetsk Central Market

Kalmius River, Donetsk

Slag Heap in Donetsk

Coal-based tailing heaps are a typical site on the Donetsk horizon.