Answer: First of all, check out the Forged Figures Park, the only open-air museum in the world with more than 200 metal sculptures. Then go to the monument “Liberators of Donbass” with a height of 30 meters, created by sculptor Yuri Baldin in 1984. Complete the route in the Donetsk Botanical Garden of the NAS of Ukraine, founded in 1964 and occupying 262 hectares.
Answer: Donetsk Drama Theatre (1933) was designed in the style of constructivism by architect Ludwig Kotovsky. The Palace of Metallurgical Culture (1929) combines elements of Art Deco and Neoclassicism, created by architect Alexander Dmitriev. The Krupskaya Library (1966) with mosaic panels by artist Vladimir Stekolshchikov is unique.
Answer: Donetsk Circus Cosmos, opened in 1969, offers performances featuring predators and balancers. In Shcherbakov Park there is a children's railway named after Priklonsky, built in 1972. The local history museum holds a collection of Scythian gold of the IV century BC, found in the mounds of Donbass.
Answer: The embankment of the Kalmius River with a panorama of the pentagonal building of the Donetsk Philharmonic (1950s) is an ideal place for pictures. The sculptural composition Glory to Mining Labor (1967) by Nikolai Yasinenko became the hallmark of the city. Unique shots are obtained at the fountain "Palm Mertsalov" - an exact copy of the forged masterpiece of 1895.
Answer: The underground gallery "Salt Mine" in the former works of the XIX century demonstrates salt sculptures. In the building of the former synagogue (1910) stained glass windows with biblical subjects are preserved. The Museum of the History of the Donetsk Railway stores a rare steam locomotive Eu684-31 of 1912.
Answer: In the house number 57 on Artem Street lived the founder of the city - industrialist John Hughes, who built the first metallurgical plant in 1869. In the building of the hotel "Great Britain" (1883) stayed writer Anton Chekhov and composer Sergei Prokofiev. The monument to Sergei Bubka on the territory of the university immortalized the achievements of the famous pole jumper.
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