Some History
This is the exact copy of the
Czar Cannon that stands in the Kremlin in Moscow.
It was commissioned in Izhevsk, Russia, in 2001 and was presented to the people of the Donets Basin as a symbol of the inviolable friendship of the Russian and the Ukrainian peoples.
The Ukrainian version of the Czar Cannon stands in Artyom Street - the central street of Donetsk.
Who would have thought that copies of the old unique monuments are possible!
Donetsk, the biggest city in the region, became the capital of the Donets Basin, a big industrial area in the east of Ukraine, with the total area of 60,000 sq.km and with about 400 coal mines.
Now Donetsk is one of the five Ukrainian cities with the population over a million inhabitants. Donetsk is an important scientific and cultural center of the Donets Coal Basin.
The city consists of nine vast districts. The central street in the city is called
Artyom Street (in Ukrainian Artem Street). The main sites are located in this street, among them Opera and Ballet Theater founded in 1941, Lenin Square, "Shakhtyor" ("Miner") hotel, etc.
The city is 120 km away and you can make a day trip to Mariupol, a big port and a resort at the seaside, and enjoy the sun on its beaches or have a short sea voyage.
If you stay a couple of days there, you can get to know a bit of the city's cultural life.
There are three theatres, the Concert Hall, the circus, cinemas, Palaces of Culture and clubs, museums, a picture gallery and a planetarium. Besides, there are architectural monuments of local importance, of sculpture and history, and memorial places. Thanks to the city's remarkable architecture the residents have many places of interest in the city: Artyom Street, Lenin Square, the recreation parks,etc.
The residents of Donetsk have places for rest after a hard working day other than just staying at home. At their service there is Central Park of Culture and Rest and its branches – Lenin Komsomol Park and Shcherbakov Park. On the outskirts of city there are Donetsk Botanical Gardens.
Though Donetsk does look gloomy and gray in winter, as does every large industrial center, a lot of greenery, beautiful buildings, the River Calmius and numerous lakes make the city look wonderful in spring and in summer.