Title: City of Donetsk. Status: city of regional significance in the Donetsk region. Location: 86 km from Donetsk Population: 100.5 thousand inhabitants Area: 73 km² Waterways: River Bakhmut. Year Established: 1571. Historical note: In 1571, appeared as a border settlement "Bahmutovskaya guard", later turned into fortified Slobodka. In 1701 Peter I ordered to build a fortress Bahmut and rename the suburb to the town (fort) Bakhmut. In 1783 he was appointed county Bakhmut village Ekaterinoslavskaya province. Bakhmut was the largest shopping mall: Twice a year - July 12 (day of the apostles Peter and Paul) and September 21 (day of Christmas, the Blessed Virgin Mary) - were the big trade fairs. In 1876, in Bakhmutsky basin were discovered large reserves of rock salt, and then rapidly increased the number of mines and mines, and salt production has reached 12% nationwide. After construction in the late 70's railroad Kharkiv - Bakhmut - Popasnaya in the village appeared the company for the production of alabaster, gypsum, brick, tile, soda. In the early twentieth century began to develop metal-working. In 1924 the town was renamed in Donetsk by Alias ​​Artem Soviet state and party leader Fyodor Sergeyev. Since 1951, the village operates Europe's largest Artemovsky factory of sparkling wines, since 1954 - non-ferrous metals plant named EI Quiring (now Artemovsky plant for processing non-ferrous metals), since 1960 - the factory name on March 8. Since 1964 he has worked the All-Union Scientific Research Institute of the salt industry (VNIIsol), now UkrNIIsol. Major attractions: Artyomovsk Winery, Artemovsky State Museum, the wooden St. Nicholas Church (1797) over a p. Bakhmut and near the stone of St. John the Baptist church bell tower (1861). Source of information: http://ru.wikipedia.org