200 Year Anniversary Celebration Of Donetsk Founder John Hughes- Organization ” Young Republic”

The Public Organization “Young Republic” will participate in the celebration of 200 anniversary of the birth of the founder of Donetsk John Hughes in Moscow. This was announced today during a press conference at the head of the creative Department,  Mr. Alexander Tarasov. Recently we received an invitation from the city of Moscow, from the President of the Association donbassovcev-Iosif Kobzon, who invited us to participate in an event on the occasion of the 200-year anniversary of John Hughes, founder of the city of Donetsk.

Young representatives of the DPR will be able to take part in the exhibition “new Russia.  The future begins from the past. The opening ceremony which is scheduled in Moscow in November. The Young delegation, will feature the winners of the contest dedicated to Donetsk and Donbas creative works including videos, pictures and poems. Qualifying stage of the competition “young Republic” began September 1, it will last until 15 October. Everyone can take part, the residents of the people’s Republic of Donetsk. The final competition will be held in Moscow, where the selected works by the DPR authors will be sent online. Then organizers of approved projects will be presented at the opening of the exhibition.

John Hughes-industrialist from Wales, who in 1869 moved to the Russian Empire and settled on the territory of contemporary Ekaterinoslav province, where he built a steel plant. Production was located on the banks of the river Kalmius, there arose a settlement called Yuzivka is the current city of Donetsk. *