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==History==
Donetsk was first founded in 1869 under the name ''Yuzovka''. From 1929 to 1961 it was named after Soviet dictator [[Joseph Stalin]] and was called ''Stalino''.
===World War II===
{{See also|Operation Barbarossa}}
Between 1941 and 1944 during the [[Second World War]], an estimated 75,000 to 100,000 [[civilian]]s and [[prisoners of war]] were thrown down a 300 foot+ mineshaft in the Donetsk oblast by [[German]] and [[Ukrainian Nazi]]s. More than 150,000 people were killed in several [[concentration camp]]s that were set up around the city. Many of the city's residents were taken to Germany as forced laborers.
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