John Hughes (developer)
(1814-1889)
Welsh businessman
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John James Hughes (1814 – 17 June 1889) was a Welsh engineer, businessman and founder of the city of Donetsk. The village was originally named Yuzovka or Hughesovka (Ukrainian: Юзівка, Russian: Юзовка) after Hughes, ("Yu z" being a Russian and Ukrainian approximation of Hughes), becoming town in May 1917, which later, in 1924 it was renamed to Stalino (Ukrainian: Сталіно, Russian: Сталино), in 1961 the name was changed to Donetsk.
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John James Hughes 1814 Merthyr Tydfil, Wales
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17 June 1889 (aged 75) Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
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