Stalin’s Soviet Union · TURNING POINT ·
Stalino (Donetsk) (1924–61)
On the Stalin’s Soviet Union map as “Stalino”
1924–1961 — Yuzovka, the Donbas mining city founded by the Welsh industrialist John Hughes, took Stalin’s name in 1924 and became Stalino a few years later. It has been Donetsk since 1961.
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- Stalin’s cult of personality (chapter 8 of Stalin’s Soviet Union)
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- The Soviet Union under Stalin, 1924–1953
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