Zuhres or Zugres ( uk, Зугре́с, ; russian: Зугрэс) is a city in Khartsyzk municipality in

Donetsk Oblast The Donetsk Oblast ( ukr, Донецька область, Donetska oblast, ), also referred to as Donechchyna ( ukr, Донеччина, links=no), is an oblast of eastern Ukraine. It is Ukraine's most populous province, with around 4.1 mill ...

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. The city has a population of It is currently occupied by Russian armed forces and forces of the ''de facto''

Donetsk People's Republic The Donetsk People's Republic ( rus, Донецкая Народная Республика, Donetskaya Narodnaya Respublika, dɐˈnʲetskəjə nɐˈrodnəjə rʲɪˈspublʲɪkə; abbreviated as DPR or DNR, rus, ДНР) is a Territorial ...

History

The history of the city starts with the decision to built near a settlement Zuyivka a thermal power plant as part of the Soviet

GOELRO plan GOELRO (russian: link=no, ГОЭЛРО) was the first Soviet plan for national economic recovery and development. It became the prototype for subsequent Five-Year Plans drafted by Gosplan. GOELRO is the transliteration of the Russian abbreviation ...

in 1929. The name for the new settlement around the plant was given after the plant as "ZuHRES", Zuyivka Government Raion Electrical Station. The first power plant was built in 1932 and later there was built another plant in 1980s. During WWII, the Germans occupied the town and murdered local Jews as well as communists in mass executions in a ravine outside the city. Since 2014, Zuhres has been administered as a part of the ''de facto'' Donetsk People's Republic.

Gallery

File:Плотина Зуевского водохранилища..jpg, Zuhres dam File:Храм в Зугрэсе..JPG, Church of Nativity in Zuhres File:Zuhres power plant 1202.jpg, Zuhres power plant File:Крынка зимой 2.jpg, Krynka River near Zuhres

References

Cities in Donetsk Oblast Populated places established in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Cities of district significance in Ukraine Donetsk Raion {{Donetsk-geo-stub