Where are they from? Where is that? Huh?

We would love for you all to meet our little girls from the Ukraine. Anya is 13 and Christina is 11. They are two sisters from a area in Donetsk City, Ukraine.

Donetsk was founded in 1869 when the Welsh businessman John Hughes built a steel plant and several coal mines in the southern part of Russian Empire.

In 1924, under the Soviet rule, the city's name was changed to Stalin. In that year, the city's population totaled 63,708, and in the next year — 80,085. In 1929-31 the city's name was changed to Stalino

The Nazi invasion during World War II almost completely destroyed the city, which was mostly rebuilt on a large scale at the war's end. It was occupied by Nazi Germany between 16 October 1941 and 5 September 1943.

The territory of Donetsk at the time of the Nazi German occupation consisted mainly of a Jewish ghetto, in which 3,000 Jews died, and a concentration camp in which 92,000 people were killed.


Although Stalino means Steel in Russian, during Nikita Khrushchev's second wave of destalinization in November 1961 the city was renamed Donetsh

In 1965, the Donetsk Academy of Sciences was established as part of the Academy of Science of the Ukrainian SSR. In 1970, Donetsk was recognized by UNESCO as the cleanest industrial town of the world. Donesk was granted the Order of Lenin in 1979.

Donetsk currently has a population of over 982,000 inhabitants (2010) and has a metropolitan area of over 1,566,000 inhabitants (2004). It is the fifth-largest city in Ukraine


The actual nationality structure of the Donetsk City is as follows:

1. Russians: 493,392 people, 48.15%
2. Ukrainians: 478,041 people, 46.65%
3. Belarusians: 11,769 people, 1.15%
4. Greeks: 10,180 people, 0.99%
5. Jews: 5,087 people, 0.50%
6. Tatars: 4,987 people, 0.49%
7. Armenians: 4,050 people, 0.40%
8. Azerbaijanis: 2,098 people, 0.20%
9. Georgians: 2,073 people, 0.20%
10. Other: 13,001 people, 1.27%

Total: 1,024,678 people, 100.00%

Donetsk's residents belong to many different religious bodies: Eastern Orthodox, Greek Catholic, Protestant, and Roman Catholic, as well as Islamic Mosques and Judaic synagogues. The largest religious body with the most members is the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.

The workforce is heavily involved with heavy industry, especially coal mining

Donetsk is a well-known educational location of the surrounding area, accompanied with several universities, which include 5 state universities, 11 institutes, 3 academies, 14 technicums, 5 private universities, and 6 colleges.

What their weather like?

Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Ave. high °C (°F)	-2 (27)	-1 (29)	3 (39)	13 (57)	20 (68)	23 (74)	25 (77)	24 (76)	19 (67)	11 (53)	3 (39)	0 (32)	11 (53)
Ave. low °C (°F)	-7 (18)	-7 (19)	-2 (28)	5 (41)	10 (51)	13 (57)	15 (60)	14 (58)	10 (50)	3 (39)	-1 (30)	-5 (23)	4 (40

Wow, that alot of information! Now, in order to understand things about people and what makes them different, you must first understand where they come from.