Oleksandrivskyi

Oleksandrivskyi is a locality in Donetsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast and has about 100,000 residents. Oleksandrivskyi is situated nearby to the locality Bosse, as well as near the suburb Mirniy (microdistrict, Donetsk).

Type: Locality with 100,000 residents
Also known as: “Oleksandrivka District” and “Oleksandrivskyi District”
Historically known as: “Lenin District” and “Leninskyi District”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Izolyatsia prison and Metalurh Stadium.

Izolyatsia prison

Arts center

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The premises of the former Izolyatsia factory and art centre are used as a torture prison in Donetsk, Ukraine, created after the city's capture in 2014 by Russian armed forces.

Metalurh Stadium

Stadium

Metalurh Stadium is a football-only stadium in Donetsk, Ukraine. It is currently used for football matches, and was the home of FC Metalurh Donetsk. The stadium's official maximum capacity is 5,094.

Shakhtar

Stadium

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Central Stadium Shakhtar is a multi-purpose stadium that is located in the Shcherbakov Central Park, in Voroshylovskyi District, Donetsk, Ukraine. The stadium is located right next to the Gorky Coal Mine, and one of its tailings was sometimes used to watch matches.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Donetsk and Mirniy (microdistrict, Donetsk).

Donetsk

Photo: Валерий Дед, CC BY 3.0.

Donetsk, formerly known as Aleksandrovka, Yuzivka, Stalin, and Stalino, is an industrial city in eastern Ukraine located on the Kalmius River in Donetsk Oblast, which is currently occupied by Russia as the capital of the Donetsk People's Republic.