Attractions of Donetsk

A monument to the British rock group "The Beatles" in Donetsk has been installed at the entrance to the "Liverpool" entertainment complex, which is decorated in the "Beatles" style.

Figures of musicians are made of plastic and painted in bronze by Kharkiv sculptor Volodymyr Antipov.

The sculpture depicts the legendary foursome of Liverpool during the concert - in characteristic poses and with musical instruments in their hands. The band's clothing and hairstyles correspond to 1963-1964, except for John Lennon, who is shown wearing round glasses, which he began to wear later.

The wall with figures of the "Beatles" is covered with a mosaic in the form of the British flag.

The 50,000-seat Donbas Arena is the first stadium in Ukraine built for the 2012 European Football Championship in accordance with UEFA Elite (five-star) standards.

The design was developed by ArupSport, which at one time created the Manchester City (England), Allianz (Germany), Valencia (Barcelona) and Sydney (Australia) stadiums. Thanks to an unusual design solution, the Donetsk arena resembles a "flying saucer". The main difference of the stadium is its oval shape, as well as a completely glazed facade.

A ball-fountain was installed in the square in front of the Donbas Arena - a 28-ton ball with a diameter of 2.7 meters, spinning under the pressure of two water jets. It was considered the largest rotating granite ball in the world.

A park with fountains, man-made ponds and a 2.5-hectare rock garden was built next to the stadium.

In 2014, the Donbas Arena suffered serious damage as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Since then, matches have not been held at the stadium.

The house of the family of Dzhon Yuz, the founder of Donetsk (Yuzivka), was built in 1873 southwest of the Yuzivka Metallurgical Plant.

Initially, the Hughes house was one-story, with a garden. When the industrialist's family moved to Yuzivka from England, they decided to rebuild the house for their convenience. Two years after the reconstruction began, Dzhon Yuz died, but his sons continued the construction, which was completed in 1891.

The red brick building, standing on a hill, was made in the Neo-Renaissance style - with a terrace and an openwork balcony. After the Yuzs left for England in 1903, the managers and directors of the Donetsk Metallurgical Plant lived in their house.

The building was damaged during World War II, but was used for various purposes until the 1990s. Currently, the Hughes house is located on the territory of a private enterprise. Access to it is difficult.

The park of forged figures and carved sculptures is located in Donetsk in the square behind the City Council building.

The works of the best blacksmiths of Donbas are collected here.

An international festival of blacksmithing is held annually. The best works remain in the park as a gift to the city.

Nearby is the Glade of Fairy Tales with wooden sculptures of fairy-tale heroes.

A monument to the insurance agent was erected in the center of Donetsk for the 10th anniversary of the ASKA insurance company.

The bronze sculpture of the "Derzhstrakh" agent, who is preparing to enter the office to the insured, depicts the popular movie hero Yuriy Detochkin from the movie "Beware of the car", embodied on the screen by the talented actor Inokentiy Smoktunovsky. According to the initiators of the installation of the monument, this film very well shows the specifics of the work of an insurance agent - daily, exhausting, but interesting and necessary for people.

The author of the monument is the sculptor Ihor Makohon.

A monument to the English industrialist John James Hughes, the founder of Yuzivka (now Donetsk), the creator of the Donetsk metallurgical industry, on which the economic power of Donbas is now based.

The monument was opened in 2001 in the heart of the student campus of the Donetsk National Technical University - a local technical educational institution, opposite the new building.

The author of the monument is the sculptor Oleksandr Skorykh. The sculptor decided to place the human-sized figure of John Hughes on a low pedestal, thereby emphasizing the human features of the founding father of the Donetsk industry. The monument was cast in the central repair and mechanical workshops.

An exact copy of the famous "Mertsalov Palm", which has become a symbol of Donbas (depicted on the coat of arms of Donetsk region), is located in Donetsk at the beginning of Pushkina Boulevard on the square in front of the Donetsk Regional State Administration building.

A filigree sculpture in the form of a palm tree 3.5 meters high, forged from a solid steel rail at the end of the 19th century by Donetsk blacksmith Oleksiy Mertsalov, was awarded the Grand Prix of the Paris International Industrial Exhibition in 1900. The original is kept in the Museum of the Mining Institute in St. Petersburg.

Numerous modern copies of the work of Donetsk blacksmith Serhiy Kaspruk have been installed in Kyiv, Lviv, Crimea, Moscow, Hanover, Ottawa.

In Donetsk, the first exact copy was installed in 1999 near the Expo-Donbas exhibition center. It was also made from a single rail without welding or joints by master Serhiy Kaspruk using his own technology instead of the lost Mertsalivka one.

Another copy, made in 2007 from Damascus steel, was installed on Pushkina Boulevard.

A monument to the KSP-32 tunneling combine was installed next to the Technical University of Donetsk.

Tunneling combines are complex mining machines designed for underground work in mining operations: rock destruction, loading on conveyors or trolleys, etc.

KSP-32 combines are manufactured at the Yasynuvata Machine-Building Plant. The inscription on the monument reads: "To the residents of the city of Donetsk from Yasynuvata machine builders."