grand duke, his serene highness, that is, mikhail semyonovich varantsov, being governor general, he understood well the importance of coal mining, because the entire south, to great shame and regret, was then provided with english coal of the kardiv brand, in order to to heat residential buildings and industrial premises of the same odessa mother. other cities in the south, kherson, nikolaev, sevastopol, simferopol, it was necessary to heat these premises and buildings in winter. and so he makes a very important decision. in the forties , surveys were carried out on the territory of our city; construction began in the aleksandrovka area of sloboda-alexandrovka, which belonged to the lieutenant shedlovsky. the first in donetsk, the most powerful, modern, at that time, coal mining enterprise. ever since then and to this day, donetsk coal is considered one of the best in the world, it is called black gold, but its mining remains one of the most dangerous professions, it is no coincidence that it is customary to talk about a miner’s character, implying courage and perseverance. this unbend