Druzhkivka

The city of Druzhkivka is located at the confluence of two rivers - Kryvy Torets and Kazenny Torets, on the Donetsk-Slovyansk highway. It is included in the Kramatorsk agglomeration.

Druzhkivka was first mentioned in 1781. During the construction of the Kursk-Kharkiv-Azov railway in the second half of the 19th century, there was a working settlement here, and by the beginning of the 20th century, the first metallurgical plants that produced railway equipment appeared. The Saint Nicholas Church (1898-1900) has been preserved.

Half a kilometer from the village of Oleksiyevo-Druzhkivka, which is part of Druzhkivka, there is a quarry with exits to the surface of the limestone rock, in which fossilized Araucaria trees 250 million years old were found. Since 1975, the petrified tr ...

The city of Druzhkivka is located at the confluence of two rivers - Kryvy Torets and Kazenny Torets, on the Donetsk-Slovyansk highway. It is included in the Kramatorsk agglomeration.

Druzhkivka was first mentioned in 1781. During the construction of the Kursk-Kharkiv-Azov railway in the second half of the 19th century, there was a working settlement here, and by the beginning of the 20th century, the first metallurgical plants that produced railway equipment appeared. The Saint Nicholas Church (1898-1900) has been preserved.

Half a kilometer from the village of Oleksiyevo-Druzhkivka, which is part of Druzhkivka, there is a quarry with exits to the surface of the limestone rock, in which fossilized Araucaria trees 250 million years old were found. Since 1975, the petrified trees of Druzhkivka have been a geological monument of nature.