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Donbass Palace is the first 5-star hotel in Donetsk that joined the leading hotels of the World (2005). History Hotel "Donbass" was built in 1938 upon the plans of N. Rechanikov and A. Shuvalova. During the construction, the project was redesigned by N. Porkhunov. Panteley Tamurov supervised construction. During the Nazi occupation of Donetsk, the Gestapo was headquartered in the hotel; the building was partially destroyed during the war. From 1947 to 1949, the building was renovated, but the do…

Donetsk Sergei Prokofiev International Airport (Ukrainian: Міжнародний аеропорт "Донецьк", Russian: Международный аэропорт "Донецк") is a former airport located northwest of Donetsk, Ukraine, that was destroyed in 2014 during the war in Donbas. It was built in the 1940s, rebuilt in 1973, and then again from 2011 to 2012 for Euro 2012. In 2013, during its last full year of operation, it handled more than a million passengers. The airport is named after twentieth-century composer Sergei Prokofi…

The Ahat Jami Mosque, (Ukrainian: Мечеть Ахать Джамі) is a congregational mosque located in Donetsk, Ukraine. The mosque was named in honor of local mafia boss Akhat Bragin and one of its minarets is named after Rinat Akhmetov. It is the first mosque to be built in Donets basin since the fall of the Soviet Union. Although de jure located in Ukraine, the mosque is on territory currently controlled by the unrecognized Donetsk People's Republic. History In 1993 in the Donetsk Muslim community es…