Lenin Komsomol Park is located in the heart of the industrial city of Donetsk in Ukraine. This is the largest park in the city, on …
One of the young parks of Donetsk - "Gorodok" is located in the Kuibyshevsky district of the city. The opening of the park took pl …
The park is named after the secretary of the regional party committee A. S. Shcherbakov and is located along the coast, connecting …
The Slavic Culture and Literature Park was opened in 2012 and is located on the territory belonging to the Metallurgists House of …
One of the youngest parks in Donetsk is the Marabushta family recreation park. It was opened in December 2007, and its area is mor …
The Square of the Fallen Communards in Ukrainian Donetsk is one of the old city squares. Its inhabitants are sometimes called Kali …
The miners’ park is located in the mining capital of Ukraine, Donetsk. It occupies a whole block in the Kalininsky district betwee …
On the banks of the Kalmius River, in Donetsk, Sheffield Square is located. It got its name in honor of the city of Sheffield, whi …
The territory around the main stadium of Donetsk "Donbass Arena" is given under a park area intended for recreation of citizens an …
The city garden of Donetsk begins its existence in the late XIX century, when the city administration decided to set up a park nea …
In Donetsk there is a wonderful park with interesting compositions – a park of forged figures. The author and leader of the idea i …
Donetsk Botanical Garden of NAS in Ukraine is one of the largest in Europe. Its main purpose is to solve environmental problems of …
The alley “Zodiac Signs” was opened in the park in 2005. Every year, an alley opens in the Forged Figures Park on a selected to …
On the beautiful Pushkin Boulevard of the Ukrainian city of Donetsk in 2006, a local sculpture park “Ukrainian Steppe” was opened. …
City Donetsk square is located near the regional Palace of Pioneers of Voroshilov district of the city. The square is specially …
On Victory Day, May 9, the long-awaited opening of the Memory Bell took place. Like many other monuments of the Great Patriotic Wa …
Almost in the center of the mining capital of Ukraine, the city of Donetsk, there is a green square of Gurov. It received its name …
The theme of the Great Patriotic War is devoted to the observation deck of military equipment in Donetsk. It is located in the Len …
The most famous and largest state medical center in Donetsk is Vishnevsky Hospital, the official name of which is Central City Hos …
Not all guests, and even residents of Donetsk, know about the existence of another park of the city, owned by the local metallurgi …
On the north side of the main Lenin Square in Donetsk, Ukraine, there is a small and cozy Pervomaisky Square. Previously, the squa …
Svyatogorsk State Historical and Architectural Reserve (SGIAZ) is located on the right side of the northern Donets river. In 1997, …
Donetsk in Ukraine is not only the center of industrial production of the country. It is also known for its magnificent parks, dro …
The music park in Donetsk, Ukraine, was opened in 2011. This event took place on the eve of the celebration of Shakhtar Day and co …
The alley to the 140th anniversary of the city of Donetsk was opened in 2009 in the famous forged figure park in Donetsk. All the …
Memorial complex Shurf mine No4/4-bis immortalized the memory of those who died during the mass execution by the fascist occupiers …
The monument “Glory to the Mining Work” adorns the Shakhtar Square of the Kyiv district of Donetsk and is a symbol of the main pro …
In Donetsk, the White Swan shopping center was established in 1965, but today it is one of the most popular in the region and even …
Svyatogorsk State Historical and Architectural Reserve has a significant number of memorable places. Among them is the monument to …
The monument to Artem was erected on Bald Mountain, in the Svyatogorsk State Historical and Architectural Reserve in 1927. The mon …
Monument to the Beatles in the Ukrainian city of Donetsk appeared in 2006 at the entrance to the student cafe “Liverpool”. The aut …
Youth Palace "Youth", perhaps, the most favorite place for recreation and entertainment of the young generation of Donbass. It was …
Monument to V.I. Degtyarev is located in Voroshilov district of Donetsk. It was established in 2001 in honor of the communist poli …
Communard Square, also known popularly as the "Golden Ring", is a nodal interchange and the main problem place on the roads of the …
Leninsiky Prospekt is one of the large streets of the city of Donetsk, which has a large length, transport interchange and develop …
The monument “River of Donbass” is a forged sculpture-fountain in the city of Donetsk.The erection of the monument took place in 2 …
Artem Street is the main street of Donetsk, its central highway. In the late eighties of the 19th century, it was the only street …
The salt mines are part of the complex of developed salt mines Artemsol, which are currently open to visitors. The first salt mine …
A monument to Vladimir Ilyich Lenin and a three-sided pylon were erected on Lenin Square in the Voroshilov district of Donetsk in …
Donetsk is a city with a rich industrial history and an amazing green soul, where the mining culture is intertwined with the park tradition. It combines wide avenues and cozy squares, and the atmosphere is formed by both memorial monuments and quiet ponds: the city remembers its past and at the same time offers comfortable spaces for walks and recreation.
Man-made attractions of Donetsk are numerous: these are large central parks - Leninsky Komsomol Park, Shcherbakov Park, Mine Builders Park and modern Park "Gorodok", as well as a unique Forged Sculpture Park and Sculpture Park "Ukrainian Steppe". The city is decorated with monuments “Glory to Mining Labor”, The Beatles, Artem and monuments of the Great Patriotic War, there is an observation deck of military equipment and memorial complexes. Architectural and social life is complemented by Artem Street, Leninsky Prospect, the White Swan shopping center and cultural spaces such as the Youth Palace “Youth”.
Natural corners and green areas are another pride of Donetsk: the Donetsk Botanical Garden of the NAS, one of the largest in Europe, stretching embankments along the Kalmius River, numerous ponds in parks and forest parks. In the vicinity there are Svyatogorsk State Historical and Architectural Reserve with majestic temples of the Pokrovsk and Nikolaev churches, salt mines of Artemsol and picturesque observation points, from where panoramas of the Donbas landscapes open.
On our website, all these points are collected on an interactive map: you can see the sights of Donetsk, read brief descriptions and historical references, mark your favorite places and build an optimal route. Convenient object cards will help you quickly understand what to see first, and the function of laying the path is easy to use right before walking.
You can explore the city on your own, following ready-made routes and improvising on the spot, or book excursions with local guides. An experienced guide will tell little-known stories, guide you through hidden squares and add context to familiar monuments, making the walk lively and informative.
Come to Donetsk to discover its parks, monuments and natural corners with your own eyes. Plan the route, walk slowly and come back again – the city holds many stories and places worth seeing in person.
