10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «YUZOVKA»
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Yuzovka in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
A History of Russia Volume 2: Since 1855
After no more than several years of formal schooling, he moved as a young
teenager with his family to the outskirts of Yuzovka (later called Stalino, and then
Donetsk) in eastern Ukraine. There he learned the metal-fitting trade and became
a ...
2
Iron Lazar: A Political Biography of Lazar Kaganovich
On 1 March 1917 in Yuzovka, the Bolsheviks held two meetings, one of which
was attended by the Menshevik-Internationalists. The well-known Yuzovka
Bolshevik F. Zaitsev recalled that Kaganovich spoke at this meeting, defending
the ...
Yuzovka had a great tradition of belligerent labour going back to the eighteen-
eighties. But after the 1905 revolt, with the shooting down of the loyal and silent
demonstrators in front of the empty Winter Palace and the severe repression
which ...
4
Memoirs of Nikita Khrushchev
The Yuzovka metallurgical works belonged to the British capitalist Hughes.4 All
the little houses that Hughes built for the technical personnel, skilled workers,
and foremen were exactly like the kind I was now seeing in Great Britain. When I
...
Nikita Sergeevich Khrushchev, Sergeĭ Khrushchev, 2007
5
Brezhnev and the Decline of the Soviet Union
For the work-force Hughes built a company town, Yuzovka – named after himself
– complete with amenities, such as, on one side, an Anglican church for the
British expatriates, and a Russian Orthodox church for men locally recruited.
The town built to house the collection of coal miners and steelworkers was called
Yuzovka ('Little Hughes') after the Welshman, and the concentration of so many
industrial labourers meant Yuzovka was a Bolshevik stronghold throughout the ...
Andrew Evans, Massimiliano Di Pasquale, 2013
7
Nikita Khrushchev and the Creation of a Superpower
I recuperated there from typhus. In the autumn of 1922 I was sent to Yuzovka (
now Donetsk) to teach political economy at the district party school. There I met
Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev, who was studying at the workers' faculty in
Yuzovka.
Sergei N. Khrushchev, 2010
8
Conquerors of Time: Exploration and Invention in the Age of ...
During his twenty-year reign Yuzovka grew into a town of more than 20,000, with
6,000 people making iron and steel, and 2,000 working in the mines. After his
death in 1889 his sons ran the business successfully, and by 1910 Yuzovka was
...
9
Nagel Travel Guide Series: USSR
was soon installed at Yuzovka. The presence of both coal and iron ore stimulated
Yuzovka's industry which was also aided by the large amount of foreign capitals
and soon prospered. Until 1914 Yuzovka, like most of the iron centres of the ...
was soon installed at Yuzovka. The presence of both coal and iron ore stimulated
Yuzovka's industry which was also aided by the large amount of foreign capitals
and soon prospered. Until 1914 Yuzovka, like most of the iron centres of the ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «YUZOVKA»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
Yuzovka is used in the context of the following news items.
En el Donbass ucraniano los rusos tienen la clave
En la cuenca del Donbass se desarrolló la siderurgia, las construcciones mecánicas y la industria química pesada, destacando los polos de Yuzovka y Lugansk ... «Tercera Información, Oct 14»
Andy Hunder: Hand back Donetsk its original British name
The town was consequently named Yuzovka, or Hughesovka (“Юз” being a Cyrillic approximation of Hughes). Today, the eastern Ukrainian city of 1 million ... «Kyiv Post, Aug 14»
Ukraine pushes on with shale gas production amid protests
In May 2012, Ukraine's State Service for Geology and Mineral Resources awarded the contract to British-Dutch Shell to develop the Yuzovka shale gas deposit. «Shale Energy Insider, Jul 14»
Company In Which US Vice President Joe Biden's Son Is Director …
... loathe Putin the most in the aftermath of the MH-17 disaster) which in May 2012 announced a tender for the right to develop the Yuzovka shale gas deposit? «Center for Research on Globalization, Jul 14»
The surprising British origins of eastern Ukraine
An online message circulated on social media declared: "We are demanding a referendum on returning Yuzovka to its original bosom — Great Britain!" But this ... «Washington Post, May 14»
Donbass' Roots of Violent Division: Geography, History, Culture
... Russian tsarist government in 1868 to develop metal works there, and a year later he founded the area as Yuzovka — derived from the Russian pronunciation ... «The Moscow Times, Apr 14»
Ukraine crisis: What is happening where?
The town was even originally called Yuzovka, after the local pronunciation of his surname: Yuz. Both industries persist to this day. Local media even reported a ... «BBC News, Apr 14»
God Save The Queen — And Donetsk, Too?
In fact, Yuzovka was the name of this city before it was called Donetsk. (In Russian, "Yuz" sounds pretty close to "Hughes.") To this day, Donetsk is a center of ... «NPR, Apr 14»
Andy McSmith's Diary: A month in the lucrative life of Lord …
It went through a phase of being named after Stalin, and before that, it was named Yuzovka after the engineer who founded its first factory in 1869, to make steel ... «The Independent, Apr 14»
City on East-West divide shapes Ukraine's fate
Founded by a 19th-century Welsh engineer named Hughes, who called it Yuzovka after himself, then renamed Stalino as it drove the industrialization of the ... «The Japan Times, Mar 14»
