2902380 06/01/1974 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. Donetsk region. Kirov Makeyevka Steel Works Kirov. Deputy of the Supreme Council of the USSR, steelmaker Viktor Nikitenko. P. Rodionov/Sputnik via AP

2902382 06/01/1974 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. Donetsk region. Kirov Makeyevka Steel Works Kirov. Deputy of the Supreme Council of the USSR, steelmaker Viktor Nikitenko. P. Rodionov/Sputnik via AP

2902381 06/01/1974 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. Donetsk region. Makeyevka. The central part of the city. P. Rodionov/Sputnik via AP

2902383 06/01/1974 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. Donetsk region. Kirov Makeyevka Steel Works Kirov. In the plant's medical treatment room. P. Rodionov/Sputnik via AP

2845845 05/01/1986 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. City of Donetsk. At the fountain in the city park. Valeriy Shustov/Sputnik via AP

2839541 05/01/1986 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. City of Donetsk. In the streets of the city. Valeriy Shustov/Sputnik via AP

2839538 05/01/1986 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. City of Donetsk. The city's recreation park. Valeriy Shustov/Sputnik via AP

2839542 05/01/1986 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. City of Donetsk. A playground in a residential area of the city. Valeriy Shustov/Sputnik via AP

2839540 05/01/1986 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. Donetsk Region. S. Polyakov, production director at Artemugol association. Valeriy Shustov/Sputnik via AP

2839543 05/01/1986 Maria Lomonos-Grishutina (center), a lead miner at the mine No. 19/20 of the Kalininugol trust, an honored resident of Gorlovka. Valeriy Shustov/Sputnik via AP

2839539 06/01/1986 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. City of Donetsk. Lenin Square. Valeriy Shustov/Sputnik via AP

2839534 05/01/1987 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. City of Donetsk. A summer cafe in Donetsk. Valeriy Shustov/Sputnik via AP

2839537 05/01/1987 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. City of Donetsk. The city stadium. Valeriy Shustov/Sputnik via AP

Angry miners shout anti-communist slogans outside the regional party office in Donetsk on Wednesday, July 11, 1990 as hundreds of thousands of miners in the Soviet Union staged a first-ever, one-day political strike against the central government. (AP Photo/Liu Heung Shing)

A crowd of miners attends a rally in Donetsk, Southern Ukraine on Thursday, March 15, 1991, asking for steep wage increases and the resignation of President Mikhail Gorbachev. The strike which began March 1st has spread to about 140 mines across the Soviet Union. The banner enumerates the miners demands. (AP Photo)

Soviet pole-vaulter Sergei Bubka receives bouquets from cheering children in his hometown of Donetsk Tuesday, March 20, 1991 after breaking his own world record in the pole vault. Bubka cleared 20 feet, 1/2 inch, surpassing his own record of 20 feet set just four days earlier. (AP Photo)

Defying an appeal by Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, miners in the Ukraine rally in Donetsk, Tuesday, April 10, 1991 during a demonstration by about 10,000 miners calling for nationwide support for their six-week-old strike the slogans on the demonstrators? placards read: ?We are starving, we are fed up with promises,? and ?Communist Party dictatorship to the waste heap of history.? (AP Photo)

Ballet stars Michael Shennon of Los Angeles and Olga Suvorova of Russia, perform a pas-de-deux from Corsair by A. Adan in Donetsk, Ukraine, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 1995. Famous dancers from eight countries are taking part in the 2nd International Festival of Stars of World Ballet in Donetsk. The ticket price is about $70. The average Ukrainian monthly salary is about $30. (AP Photo/ Victor Pobedinsky)