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
dome
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was not restored due to lack of funds. In 1971, the
conducted restoration works.
The hotel was considered an architectural monument of the Donetsk region. On 26 February 2001, the old building was blown up. On 15 May 2004, the
five star hotel "Donbass Palace" was opened. The new building slightly differs from the original. Currently, Donbass Palace is owned by
ESTA Group, which operates the real estate business of
System Capital Management
System Capital Management or SCM ( uk, Систем Кепітал Менеджмент) is a major Ukrainian financial and industrial holding company established in 2000 in Donetsk in the east of the country and since 2014 headquartered in Kyi ...
group.
Infrastructure
Donbass Palace is located in the centre of
Donetsk, near the
Drama Theatre
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, the
Opera House, and commercial areas. The Hotel offers 129 rooms, an indoor
pool,
spa-center, and
fitness club. Donbass Palace Hotel has two
a la carte restaurants, a lobby lounge, and L'Opera Hall, which serves as a concert hall or a ball room. For business meetings, the hotel provides a business centre and two conference halls.
Awards
Donbass Palace is the first Ukrainian hotel to become a member of the
LHW
13 November 2005 - “Ukraine’s Leading Hotel 2005”
20 September 2006 - “Ukraine’s Leading Hotel 2006” and “Ukraine’s Leading Business Hotel 2006”
Other information
* During the
cornerstone laying in October 2001,
Rinat Akhmetov buried a
time capsule.
* In 2008, Donbass Palace was a shooting area for the screen adaptation of Dmitry Gerasimov's novel "Cross in the Circle"
* In 2009, Donetsk journalist Yevgeniy Yasenov published a book named ''Donbass Palace''
dedicated to the 5-year anniversary of the hotel.
References
External links
Donbass Palace official web page*
Donbass Palace on Wikicommons
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SCM Holdings
Hotels in Ukraine
Buildings and structures in Donetsk
Hotel buildings completed in 1938
Hotels built in the Soviet Union