Yuzovka

/ ˈjuzəfkə /

noun

1. a former name (1872 until after the Revolution) of Donetsk

Example Sentences

His descriptions of the polluted, miserable industrial town of Yuzovka — now Donetsk, one of the centers of the separatist uprising of 2014 — seemed eerily prescient.

From Washington Post

Founded by a 19th-century Welsh engineer called Hughes who called it Yuzovka after himself, renamed Stalino as it drove the industrialization of the Soviet Union, today's Donetsk can shape the next stage of Ukraine's slow emergence from totalitarian rule in the fraught space between Russia and the European Union.

From Reuters

Locals called him John Yuz, so the town was initially named Yuzovka.

From BBC

"We demand a referendum on returning Yuzovka to its historical fold as part of the UK! Glory to John Hughes and his city! God save the Queen!" the campaign adds.

From BBC

The city, initially, was called Yuzovka, but its name was changed to Stalin, which means steel and also happened to be the name of the Soviet dictator.

From New York Times