Monument to John Hughes in Donetsk

Monument to John Hughes - established in Donetsk in honor of John James Hughes -Welsh industrialist, founder of Yuzovka (modern Donetsk). The monument is located in the region of Donetsk Voroshilovsky on Artema street, a third academic building of Donetsk National Technical University and the library, which may symbolize theprofession of John Hughes - English engineer of the plant.
The statue sculptor - Alexander Mitrofanovich Soon. The monument was cast in the central repair-mechanical workshop [1] and set September 8, 2001. The monumentstands on a low pedestal, actually a man, a plan that represents the human qualities of the sculptor of this figure.

The son of an engineer, stands at the head of one of the steel mills of Merthyr Tidvila. In his youth he worked under the authority of his father. In 28 years, buys shipyard. At 36 years old gets in Newport foundry. In the late 50's career as an engineer at Milvolsky zheleznoprokatny plant in the UK, and in 1860 became its director. In 1864 he designed a carriage for the heavy guns, the artillery unit goes into service naval forces of several European countries. Develops recipes for the armor plating of ships and fortifications Fortov.At the age of 55 years appears in Russia. Hughes in 1869, buys land from the Russian prince Kochubey in Ekaterinoslav province on the river bank and began building Kalmius smelter workers village near the village of Oleksandrivka. For coal mining, he founded the "Society of Novorossiysk Coal, Iron and rail industries." The first iron smelting began in 1872. The plant operates on a full-cycle, for the first time in Russia, started eight of coke ovens, hot blast mastered. Plant-based Hughes is one of the industrial centers of Russia and then Ukraine.Died June 17, 1889 in hotel "Angleterre" the city of St. Petersburg.