John Hughes (businessman), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

John Hughes (businessman)

Welsh businessman, founder of Donetsk

Date of Birth: 01-Jan-1814

Place of Birth: Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 17-Jun-1889

Profession: businessperson, engineer, metallurgist

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

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: ??????, Russian: ??????) 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: ???????, Russian: ???????), in 1961 the name was changed to Donetsk.