Hughesovka founded
1869 · Event
The Welsh engineer John Hughes builds an ironworks on the steppe; the settlement around it becomes the city of Donetsk.
On these timelines: Eastern Europe & the Balkans, Wales, Industrial Revolution, United Kingdom (combined), Master
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