The Stalinist region was created by a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on June 3, 1938. This administrative-territorial formation was absolutely artificial, because the region was formed from a part of the Donetsk region that existed at that time.
The city of Stalino is the center of the region
This largest modern city by the standards of Ukraine, which today finds itself in a zone of military conflict, was founded in 1869 by English entrepreneurs. Foreigners developed new resource bases, so it was logical to observe the emergence of new workers' settlements on the territory of the Russian Empire. The city of Stalino was originally called Yuzovka.
The village developed very quickly. From 1870 to 1901, the number of inhabitants of Yuzovka increased from 164 to 54,718 people. Such demographic growth is associated with the constant creation of new metallurgical enterprises and the opening of coal mines. The Stalin region, in fact, appeared due to the formation of workers' settlements, which already in the 20th century became large cities of miners and metallurgists.
Creation of Donetsk region
In the 1920s in the USSR there was an administrative-territorial division of land, adopted even under tsarism. Provinces, counties and volosts existed practically within the old borders. The continuation of the functioning of such a division of territories, the leadership of the country absolutely reasonably considered an element of backwardness.
In the early 1930s, the administrative structure of the state was reformed. Donetsk region was formed in the summer of 1932. At that time, it was the largest region of the Ukrainian SSR, because it included the lands of the present Donetsk and Luhansk regions (including those controlled by the DPR and LPR organizations). It was very difficult to manage such a vast area, especially in the face of repression and the lack of a developed network of communications. Donetsk region in the old format existed for six years.
Stalin Region
This region was actually created within the boundaries in which the Donetsk region functioned before the advent of the DPR. The area of the region was 26.5 thousand square meters. km. As of 1971, the population of the region exceeded 4 million people. The region was created by the order of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on June 3, 1938. Under this name, the Stalin region existed until 1961. Then the old name was returned to the region.
The region with the center in the city of Stalino (Donetsk) is a large industrial region. In principle, this was originally conceived by English entrepreneurs who created the village of Yuzovka. More than 20 coal mines, as well as well-known metallurgical plants, functioned in the city itself.
The administrative structure of the region is very clearly visible as of September 1, 1946. At that time in DonetskThe (Stalin) region had 28 cities (of which 12 were under regional subordination) and the same number of districts, 94 settlements, 356 rural councils (the structure of these councils included 1756 villages). The region bordered on Kharkiv in the north, on Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhia in the west, and on Lugansk in the east.
Regions of the Stalin region
Let's list all the administrative districts of this region alphabetically:
- Avdeevsky (existed from 1923 to 1930, and also from 1938 to 1962 with the center in the village of Avdeevka);
- Aleksandrovsky (formed in 1923, located in the north-west of the region, the regional center is Aleksandrovka);
- Amvrosievsky district with the center in the city of Amvrosievka (the population of the district is 45 thousand people);
- Andreevsky district;
- Artemovsky (the regional center of Artemovsk is known as the location of a large s alt factory);
- Budennovsky;
- Velikoveselovskiy district with the administrative center in the Velikaya Novoselka urban-type settlement;
- Volodarsky;
- Volnovahsky;
- Dzerzhinsky;
- Dobropolsky (Dobropolye);
- area centered in Yenakiyevo;
- Konstantinovsky district (a football team from the city of Konstantinovka used to play in the second league of the Ukrainian championship);
- Krasnolymansky;
- Maryinsky (one of the areas most affected by the military conflict, controlled by Ukraine);
- Olginsky (currently does not exist);
- Pershotgrass;
- Primorsky (districtcurrent Mariupol);
- Selidovsky;
- Slavic;
- Snezhnyansky;
- Starobeshevsky district is located in the south-east of the current Donetsk region with the center in the village of Starobeshevo;
- Staromlinovsky (does not exist, the center of the district was the village of Staromlinovka, now it is part of the Verkhneveselkovsky district);
- Telmanovsky;
- Khartsyzsky;
- Yamsky (does not exist).
Cities of regional subordination
As we have already said, the Stalin region included in its territorial structure not only districts, but also cities of regional subordination, among which were:
- Stalino (established in 1869 as the village of Yuzovka);
- Artemovsk (now Bakhmut, founded according to historical documents, in 1571);
- Gorlovka (founded in 1779, controlled by the DPR);
- Deb altseve (one of the most destroyed cities during the conflict, founded in 1878);
- Druzhkovka (settlement established in 1781, received city status in 1938);
- Yenakiyevo was first mentioned in 1782, and received city status in 1925;
- Konstantinovka appeared in 1870;
- the city of Kramatorsk, badly damaged by the shelling of the DPR, created in 1868;
- Makiivka (at the moment it is practically part of Donetsk);
- Mariupol (one of the two largest regional centers of Ukraine in terms of the number of inhabitants);
- Chistyakovo (now the city of Torez, controlled by the DPR) - a settlement founded in 1778, city statusreceived in 1932.
Modernity
Now the Donetsk region is in the zone of armed conflict. In fact, it is divided in half into two zones of influence controlled by Ukraine and its opponents. This situation negatively affects the situation in the region. The industrial power of the region is practically lost. Many mines have already closed and will never reopen.
The population has suffered greatly as a result of the fighting, so the purchasing power of people has dropped significantly.
Today it is very difficult to live normally in the once prosperous region of the Ukrainian state.
