Comments by "outline" (@zavtradnem) on "Rocks and Rubber Bullets in Donetsk Police Standoff: Russian Roulette in Ukraine (Dispatch 32)" video.
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Some history for you ignorant american yanks. Donetsk was founded in 1869 when the Welsh businessman John Hughes built a steel plant and several coal mines in the southern part of the Russian Empire at Aleksandrovka (Ukrainian: Олександрівка). The town initially was given the name Hughesovka (Yuzovka; Russian: Юзовка; Ukrainian: Юзівка).[4] In its early period, it received many immigrants from Wales, especially the town of Merthyr Tydfil.[5] By the beginning of the 20th century, Yuzovka had approximately 50,000 inhabitants,[6] and had attained the status of a city in 1917.[7] The main district of "Hughezovka" is named English Colony, and the British origin of the city is reflected in its layout and architecture.
The flag of the Donetsk–Krivoy Rog Soviet Republic has become a prominent symbol of pro-Russian separatists in Donetsk.[8]
When the Russian Civil War broke out, on 12 February 1918 Yuzovka was part of the Donetsk-Krivoy Rog Soviet Republic. The Republic was disbanded at the 2nd All-Ukrainian Congress of Soviets on 20 March 1918 when the independence of the Soviet Ukraine was announced. It failed to achieve recognition, either internationally or by the Russian SFSR, and, in accordance with the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, was abolished.
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