Druzhkovka- a city of regional significance in the Donetsk region of Ukraine. Located on the north-eastern slopes of the Donetsk Ridge at the confluence of the Krivoy Torets and Kazenny Torets rivers (Seversky Donets basin), the distance to Donetsk is 80 km. Railroad station. It is part of the Kramatorsk agglomeration.
Located: Ukraine, Donetsk region.
According to the current version, the name of the city Druzhkovki associated with the name of the Zaporozhye Cossack Druzhko, who founded a guard post on the banks of the Torets River to protect the southern borders of the Russian Empire from Tatar raids.
The village of Druzhkovka was formed during the reign of Catherine II after the local lands were granted to the commander of the Astrakhan Dragoon Regiment, Colonel Nikolai Yakovlevich Arshenevsky, in 1778.
The city grew out of a workers' settlement at the Druzhkovka station of the Kursk-Kharkov-Azov railway, which arose in the 70s of the 19th century.
In 1893, the Donetsk Society of Iron and Steel Production, founded by the French, began to build the Toretsk Metallurgical Plant, which was later transformed into the Druzhkovka Machine-Building Plant.
By the beginning of the 20th century, the following factories operated in Druzhkovka:
- iron smelter,
- steel mill (main product - rails, built by the French),
- mechanical plant (equipment for railways: cars, springs, springs, built by the Belgians),
- sugar factory (built in 1873).
By 1913, many peasants from the Oryol and Kursk provinces moved to the village. Residents were served by two hospitals and four primary schools. There were two churches and a church in the village.
During the first five-year plans the following were built:
- the largest hardware plant in the USSR (1929),
- power station,
- new workshops at the Toretsky plant.
After reconstruction, the Toretsky plant named after Voroshilov became a large coal engineering enterprise (by 1941, more than 5 thousand people worked here).
In 1938, Druzhkovka received the status of a city of regional subordination. By 1939, Druzhkovka had a hospital and 4 paramedic stations, 8 secondary schools, a workers' faculty, an evening department of a mechanical engineering college, a cinema, two clubs, and a stadium.
At the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, the machine-building plant was evacuated to the Urals, and the hardware plant to Kuzbass.
On October 22, 1941, the Nazis captured Druzhkovka. During the two years of occupation by the Nazis, 1,130 people were brutally tortured and 1,214 people were sent to Germany. Druzhkovka was liberated on September 6, 1943 by units of the 279th Rifle Division and the 1st Guards Mechanized Brigade of the 1st Guards Mechanized Corps. Every year on these days the City Day of Druzhkovka is celebrated.
After the Great Patriotic War the following were built:
- building materials plant (1954),
- gas equipment plant (1958),
- porcelain factory (1971),
- mine management (1961). In connection with the reorganization of the mine management in 1971, an independent enterprise for the extraction of refractory clays, the Veselovsky mine, was spun off.
A road bridge was built across the Krivoy Torets River.
In 1968, in honor of the 75th anniversary, the machine-building plant was named after the 50th anniversary of Soviet Ukraine, and on February 13, 1971, the company’s staff was awarded the Order of Lenin.
In modern Druzhkovka there are 8 large industrial enterprises and more than 300 small and medium-sized businesses. Green and cozy neighborhoods and villages have sprung up.
The main enterprises of the city:
- JSC Druzhkovsky Machine-Building Plant is one of the largest mining engineering enterprises in Europe. Mainly produces mining equipment;
- OJSC Druzhkovsky Hardware Plant specializes in the production of machine-building and railway fasteners;
- Until 2007, JSC GRETA was called the Druzhkovsky Gas Equipment Plant and produces gas stoves of various modifications;
- OJSC "Druzhkovsky Porcelain Factory" - production of porcelain products;
- JSC "Druzhkovskoye Mining Administration" - mining of refractory clays;
- JSC "VESKO" - extraction of refractory clays;
- OJSC "Kondratievsky Refractory Plant" - production of refractories for the metallurgical industry;
- OJSC Druzhkovsky Bakery - production of bakery and confectionery products.
Educational institutions operate in Druzhkovka:
- School № 1
- gymnasium "Intelligence"
- school number 6
- school number 12
- school number 7
- school number 8
- school number 17
- Druzhkovsky Technical School of the DSMA, Lenin Street, 32. At the moment, it is a structural unit of the Donbass State Engineering Academy.
- Housing and Communal College of the Donbass National Academy of Construction and Architecture, Lomonosova Street, 1.
- Municipal primary specialized educational institution “School of Arts in Druzhkovka”, Rybina Street, 1 (until 2008, Music School).
- Druzhkovsky Professional Lyceum No. 36 (since 1940), Lenin Street, 8.
- Palace of Pioneers, Kosmonavtov Street, 40. Currently the Center for Children and Youth Creativity.
- Station for young technicians at the Hardware Plant.
The cultural sphere in Druzhkovka is represented by:
- Palace of Culture of the Druzhkovsky Machine-Building Plant, Lenin Street, 6;
- Central city library named after Lesya Ukrainka, Engels street, 112;
- Central Children's Library, Lenina Street, 13;
- Library-branch No. 1 named after Chekhov, Lenin Street, 33;
- library branch No. 2 for children, Kosmonavtov Street, 51;
- library-branch No. 7, Vorovskogo street, 91;
- cinema "Cosmos", Lenina street, 23;
- children's music school, Kulturna street, 1;
- greenhouse;
- city park of culture and recreation;
- Druzhkovo Art Museum.
- bike park;
- SC "Mashinostroitel";
- artificial turf area for playing mini-football;
- children's youth sports school of the city council;
- children's youth sports school "Machine Builder";
- three private fitness clubs.
The city operates:
- three city hospitals,
- Dental clinic,
- ambulance station,
- Drug Dispensary.
17 religious organizations, 8 denominations are registered in Druzhkovka:
- Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses (2 Svoboda Street, Toretsky village);
- Church of Evangelical Christian Baptists (Plekhanova Street, 31);
- Church of the Light of the Gospel (Moskovskaya street, former Franko cinema);
- Church of Evangelical Christians Baptists “Good News”;
- St. Nicholas Church (Lenin Street);
- St. Varvarovskaya Church (Raiskoe village);
- Holy Ascension Church (Yakovlevka village);
- Temple of Dmitry Donskoy (Cosmonavtov Street, microdistrict No. 9).
The city's attractions:
- monument to V.I. Lenin on Lenin Square;
- a monument to the legendary founder of the city, Cossack Druzhko, on Lenin Street, 16;
- a park of stone figures on the outskirts of the city (about 50 figures) on Chapaev Street, created with the participation of Yuri Artemov;
- light and music fountain in the roadside complex MAN;
- Cosmonauts Square (blacksmith work);
- monument to the soldiers-liberators (T-34 tank in the Yubileiny park);
- a monument in honor of pilots - students of the Druzhkovsky flying club (Cosmonauts Square);
- Mass grave of Soviet soldiers (monument to the Unknown Soldier, Victory Square);
- natural monument “Druzhkovka Petrified Trees”. Located near the village of Alekseevo-Druzhkovka. This is a former quarry, at the bottom of which lie fragments of petrified trees - araucaria, more than 200 million years old. The walls of the quarry are rocky outcrops, that is, sandstone outcrops, in some places intricate and very beautiful shapes. The depth of the quarry is approximately 10 - 20 meters. There are two such reserves in the world, the second in the USA.
- Cannon-monument on Chapaev Street;
- French cemetery (the graves and tombstones of the pre-revolutionary founders of the Druzhkovsky machine-building plant have been preserved);
Druzhkovka is the birthplace of the First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR, Chairman of the State Planning Committee M. Saburov;
famous scientists:
- Academician S. Samoilenko,
- Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences L. Ponomarev,
- Doctor of Technical Sciences A. Mogilat;
famous talented cultural and artistic figures:
- artist V. Sakhnenko,
- artist O. Skoblikov,
- artist M. Weinstein,
- sculptor K. Rakityansky,
- People's Artist of Ukraine O. Fialko,
- famous human rights activist Oleksa Tikhy.
Eleven Druzhkovka members became Heroes of the Soviet Union during the Great Patriotic War:
- Bobrov Leonid Nikolaevich
- Doroshenko Pavel Yakovlevich
- Zubarev Alexander Gordeevich
- Kalinichenko Semyon Zinovievich
- Kirilenko Vasily Ivanovich
- Klimenko Nikolay Fedorovich
- Kostin Leonid Nikolaevich
- Nelidov Fedor Gavrilovich
- Nosulya Nikolay Vasilievich
- Proshchaev Grigory Moiseevich
- Belyakov Ivan Yakovlevich
The following people brought sporting glory to the city:
- world champion cyclist D. Popov;
- European champion track and field athlete, 15-time world record holder N. Pletneva - Otkalenko.
Famous fellow countrymen:
- Weinstein Moisey Isaakovich
- Mogilat Alexander Nikonovich
- Ponomarev Leonid Ivanovich
- Reiderman Ilya Isaakovich
- Saburov Maxim Zakharovich
- Samoilenko Stanislav Ivanovich
- Silantiev Konstantin Vasilievich
- Skoblikov Alexander Pavlovich
- Fialko Oleg Borisovich
- Stepanov Oleg Vasilievich
In what region (region) is the city of Druzhkovka located?
The city of Druzhkovka is part of the region (region) Donetsk region.A characteristic of a region (region) or a subject of a country is the integrity and interconnection of its constituent elements, including cities and other settlements that are part of the region (region).
Region (oblast) Donetsk region is an administrative unit of the state of Ukraine.
Population of the city of Druzhkovka.
The population of the city of Druzhkovka is 64,641 people.Year of foundation of Druzhkovka.
Year of foundation of the city of Druzhkovka: 1781.Phone code of the city Druzhkovka
The telephone code of the city of Druzhkovka: +380 6267. In order to call the city of Druzhkovka from a mobile phone, you need to dial the code: +380 6267 and then the subscriber’s number directly.The mayor remains the man who helped the militants.
Part of Donbass, which was liberated from the occupiers six months ago, continues to suffer from the separatists. In dozens of cities and towns, they called for a pseudo-refendum and persecuted everything Ukrainian, the story says.
Thus, in the city of Druzhkovka, Donetsk region, the local newspaper is still printed in occupied Donetsk, and Ukrainian activists in free territory must meet almost underground. In particular, the dean of one of the local technical schools, Viktor Bashenny, meets pro-Ukrainian activists within the walls of the institution only in the evening after classes. And this despite the fact that Druzhkovka was liberated six months ago, although everything Ukrainian here is still considered hostile and persecuted by the authorities.
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City council member and school director Tatyana Kulik claims that in the city “there are a bunch of oppositionists who reproach the authorities.” But all the main local separatists since the days of the “DPR” occupy leadership positions. This is the mayor of Druzhkovka Valery Gnatenko. At pro-Russian rallies, he advocated raising the Russian flag at the city council. It was thanks to the authorities that terrorists entered the city. It all started last winter, when at one of the rallies Gnatenko shouted that almost demons had gathered on the Maidan. In February 2014, a small group of Druzhkovka residents came out to remember those innocently shot in the center of Kyiv, but they were attacked by local “titushki”. And already in March, Mayor Gnatenko began campaigning for Russia. At the end, the tricolor rises above the City Council, and citizens are called to a referendum. The first press conference of the leaders of the so-called “Novorossiya” began in the Druzhkovsky Palace of Pioneers, which was attended by all officials of the city executive committee.
However, today a concert is being held in the same palace for the Ukrainian military. Mayor Gnatenko does not hesitate to go on stage and shout “Glory to the Heroes.”
“Druzhkovka is part of Ukraine and will be part of it forever,” says Valery Gnatenko, who shakes hands with the soldiers. True, they don’t believe the mayor and his officials. According to the security forces, if a person betrayed once, then she will do it a second time.
According to the mayor of Druzhkovka, he agreed to cooperate with the separatists because he supposedly could not leave people alone in trouble. He explains that he raised the enemy flag over the city at the risk of his life. Although there was a threat there, because there was not a single machine gunner in the video.
But there are those in the city who were not afraid to go against the separatists and traitorous officials. This, in particular, is local pensioner Anatoly Vodolazsky. During the days of the “DPR” he came out with the Ukrainian flag to the monument to Lenin. But he could only stand there for 10 minutes, because the militants took him away.
“I was traveling on minibus No. 121, and in that building (pointing to the city council) there was Valery Sergeevich Gnatenko, who received the terrorists. He almost kissed them,” the man recalls.
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He was kept in the local Gestapo for several days and severely beaten. The man was found soon. The executioners were at first going to shoot him, but then they brutally beat him, leaving not a single tooth. He managed to free himself miraculously when the militants forced the prisoners to load sand for checkpoints.
Nobody wrote about the husband’s courage in the local press then. At the same time, the municipal publication “Druzhkovsky Rabochiy” was issued for some time with the “DPR” flag. At that time, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper, Boris Yuzhik, defended the ideas of terrorists at meetings in the city executive committee. The publication wrote that Ukraine never had its own statehood. Today, half a million hryvnia is allocated in the city budget to finance this newspaper. Yuzhik claims that he published the newspaper under duress, and the militants kept him in the basement for four days.
According to the head of the Druzhkovsk police, 25 people are currently on the wanted list, 30 people who stood at checkpoints for terrorists who committed crimes have been arrested. But not a single official, including the mayor, was punished for separatism.
In addition, it became known that before the broadcast of the story, the “1+1” channel disappeared from the local cable network. Everyone with whom correspondent Galina Sergeeva spoke claims that this is the mayor’s team, he is afraid of losing his position. The channel's broadcasting was restored only in the evening, but the most interested viewers were not able to see the story. What happened and whether such a targeted operation was accidental is being clarified.
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