Aquapark in Donetsk

Donetsk, st. Stadium, 1-a, the CPC them. Scherbakova

Sights of Donetsk In 2012 in Donetsk the water park was opened, which was among the best of thirteen operating in Ukraine. The water park is located in the park named after Shcherbakov

Dolphinarium in Donetsk

Donetsk, ul. Стадионная, 1Д

Sightseeing places in Donetsk Donetsk dolphinarium is a cultural and recreational complex that unites the dolphinarium, the center of dolphin therapy and the oceanarium. Dolphinariums are inhabited by Black Sea dolphins, bottlenose dolphins, South American fur seals and the Patagonian sea lion.

Opera in Donetsk

ul. 82

Sights of Donetsk The Academic Theater of Opera and Ballet named after AB Solovyanenko was opened in Donetsk in 1941 with the premiere of Mikhail Glinka's opera Ivan Susanin. The solemn monumental architecture of the theater building underscores its purpose. Since the first seasons the theater has been moving along the path of innovation and orientation towards viewers.

Donetsk Planetarium

Donetsk, ul. Artem, 46B

Sights of Donetsk The first planetarium was opened in Donetsk in 1962. He worked for less than 30 years, since the vandals that penetrated the observatory in 1990, broke the equipment. The new building was built Donetsk Regional Palace of Children and Youth Creativity. In the summer of 2008 the revived planetarium received its first guests

Circus in Donetsk

Lenin Ave., 2, Donetsk

Sights of Donetsk By the centenary of the city, in 1969, in Donetsk, circus "Cosmos". This building became one of the main decorations of the city, and a spacious square decorated with fountains, in front of it - a favorite place for walks of citizens. A famous architect GI Navrotsky worked on the circus building project

Donetsk is a young city of Ukraine. There are practically no monuments of the 19th century, but you can meet amazing modern buildings. Donchans believe that there are no analogues of their sights in the world. To make sure of this, it is not necessary to drive around the city by car - just walk along Donetsk and appreciate the unique places of the capital of Donbass

Rest in Donetsk

Donetsk is an amazing mixture: here the waste tanks and mines are combined with squares, parks, botanical gardens. In the city there are many places where you can have a good rest. Donetsk is suitable for those who like active leisure, and for those who have enough evening walks and admiring the sights.

One of the most famous places in the city is the Shcherbakov park, Artema street (central street of Donetsk, where beautiful buildings are located), boulevard Pushkin, where the famous palm of Mertsalov is installed, the Donbass Arena stadium, the botanical garden.

Local bars and restaurants are very popular among tourists. For example, the bar "Liverpool", dedicated to the work of the British group "The Beatles". Or Yuzovskaya brewery, where they serve, perhaps, the most delicious beer in the city.

Not far from Donetsk are boarding houses, recreation centers and private villas, where you can also have a good time. In addition, you can go on an ethnographic tour and get to know better the traditions and life of Ukrainians living in this region. For fans of extreme sports, paintball clubs, military training, diving centers and a parachute club work in Donetsk.

Monuments of Donetsk

There are more than 250 monuments in Donetsk, to which one can rank memorials, sculptures, memorial signs and so on. Most of them are dedicated to the Great Patriotic War, the October Revolution, and to art and work.

Famous sculptors such as Georgy Bero, Makar Vronsky, Yuri Baldin, Naum Ginzburg and many others worked on the monuments of Donetsk. Some of the monuments were donated by other cities, for example, German Bochum or Russian Moscow.

Among the most interesting monuments for tourists are the following: "Glory to the miners' work" on Shakhterskaya Square, the famous monument to Taras Shevchenko on the boulevard with the same name, the monument to Artem - the founder Donetsk-Krivoy Rog republic, John Hughes - the Welsh industrialist and founder of Yuzovka, now Donetsk, the king-gun - a copy of the Moscow monument.

Well-known sculptors worked on the monuments of Donetsk, such as eorgy Beraud, Makar Vronsky, Yury Baldin, Naum Ginsburg and many others.

In addition, in Donetsk you can find unusual monuments to the student (the courtyard of the new building of the Economics and Law Faculty of the Donetsk National University), the Beatles group (near the Liverpool bar) and Sergei Bubka, the famous athlete-sixth, Olympic champion.

A real center of metal compositions in Donetsk is a park of forged figures. He is in the park near the Donetsk city executive committee. Here are presented more than 160 works of art metal, among which are benches for lovers, the alley "Signs of the zodiac", a superstitious alley and the avenue for Euro 2012.

Churches of Donetsk

Representatives of different religious backgrounds coexist in Donetsk. Most of the structures belong to the Orthodox Church. In addition, Protestant prayer houses, Catholic churches, Greek catholic churches, synagogues and mosques are open in the city.

The Ukrainian Orthodox Church is represented by the buildings of the Moscow and Kiev Patriarchates. Among the most famous are the St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, St. Nicholas Cathedral, the Holy Protection Church, the Church of the Nativity of Christ, the Church of St. Prince Vladimir, St. George's Church, the Transfiguration Cathedral.

Also in Donetsk Greek-Catholic churches (the Transfiguration of the Savior, the Church of the Holy Virgin and the Chapel of St. Vervitsa), the Roman Catholic parish church of St. Joseph, the Donetsk synagogue. Protestants are represented by Baptists, Pentecostals, Seventh-day Adventists, the Church of the Full Gospel.