Here are a few pictures of Donetsk, showing the city before things somehow went wrong and civil strife erupted. this is a pleasant city if not very nice from our Latin standards, enjoying a relatively good way of life thanks to the heavy industry all around.

Main avenue in Donetsk

Appartment building, man on balcony

Lenin square

Woman in red in market

Donetsk smile

Donetsk coal industry

Biker's bar, Donetsk

Woman in red in kiosk

Customized soviet-era bike in an empty lot

Donetsk cemetery, soviet-era grave

Donetsk by night, color games

Donetsk by night, water games

Child paying on tank

Dilapidated industrial suburb

Donetsk dog

Opera

Concert for Azerbaidjan

Donetsk ballet

Autumn queen

Industrial suburb

Nostalia with a Volga Gaz (M-20 Pobeda)

Vintage industrial architecture

Evening lights in appartment building

Coal industry fumes

Soviet Champagne on Lenin square

Donetsk by night - more lights

Donetsk dusk

Imperial architecture

Football fans

Soviet-era covered market

Smoked fish on market (a delicacy)

Donetsk market - pork ears

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