Sloviansk

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Slavyansk
Славянск
Official seal of Slavyansk
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Slavyansk (Ukraine )
Slavyansk
Slavyansk
Coordinates: 48°87′N 37°62′E / 49.45, 38.033
Country Ukraine
Oblast Donetsk
Founded 1645
Area
 - Total 58.9 km² (22.7 sq mi)
Population (2001)
 - Total 129,600
Website: http://www.slavrada.gov.ua/

Slavyansk (Ukrainian: Слов'янськ, translit. Slov'ians'k; Russian: Славянск; tranlit. Slavyansk; also spelled Slovyansk and Slaviansk) is a city in eastern Ukraine, an administrative center of the Slovianskyi Raion (district) within the Donetsk Oblast. It was founded in 1676, and has a population of 129,600.

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In 1676 a fortress named Tor was built at the confluence of the Kazenyy Torets and Sukhyy Torets rivers where they form the Torets river, a tributary of Donets river. Shortly thereafter the town of Tor grew up next to the fortress.

As several salt lakes were located close by, the town became a producer of salt, and since the 16th century this was the main industry; however, later, when the salt production became unprofitable, it ceased, on December 21, 1782.

In 1784 the city was renamed to Sloviansk.

Currently the city is an important health resort.

Basic industry of industry of city is machine building:

    • •Slavonic factory of heavy engineering («Slavtyazhmash») - a coke chemical equipment is made for the enterprises Lipecka, Kemerova, Cherepovca. There are orders from the cokers of Mariupol, Crooked Horn, Donetsk, Dneprodzerzhinska.
    • •The factory of build machines («Betonmash») produced complete concrete factories, betonosmesiteli on motor-car khodu, concrete-mixers et al. Since practically building and build technique stopped left off to be in demand, at the plant mastered the issue of awaiting-parts and whole knots to the metallurgical aggregates, the issue of mechanisms nalazhen for extraction of metal from metallurgical slags,
    • •"Slavonic mechanical plant". Presently about 400 workings. A factory is well provided with a tooththreaded equipment. There are strong traditions of quality at the plant. A factory always produced responsible products: beckets are gantry cranes of MKKS-12,5, tower cranes of PS-16, kranes-balky, avto hydraliftings of AGP-22, AGP-18, fortyton avtotreylery, shtabeleputing for friable materials. A coke chemical equipment is presently made for the enterprises of Russia, bridge cranes and other mechanical equipment. There is good technology of welding and its control at the plant, which selects a factory in a number the best in quality of execution, that in the end gives undeniable advantages at the choice of producer. A factory does not have debts.
    • •Industry is an electro-insulator:
    • •Armature-insulator factory (to the name of Artem) (it is in a large financial problem).
    • •Factory of high-voltage insulators. Has large possibilities and solid experience in the production of high-voltage large insulators for the hydroelectric power stations and thermal power-stations. The loss of market in Russia compels him to pass to other technologies.

Religious organizations • Christian churches:

    • Cathedral of Novomuchenikov of Confessors of Russian;
    • Svyatovoskresenskiy temple;
    • Church of apostle Andrey Pervozvannogo;
    • Church of Alexandra Nevskogo;
    • Temple of Seraphim Sarovskogo;
    • A christian center of church is «Kind New»
    • Church of "JESUS CHRIST" of Protestant Church of Ukraine, +38 06262 39820


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