In western part of Lugansk area, there, where the river Borovaya runs into the river Severskiy Donez, one is located Severodonetsk, from largest industrial, cultural and centers of science of Donbass, city of the chemists, founders of electronic - computer facilities, builders. Severodonetsk by few more than sixty years. It birth and biography indissoluble are connected to construction here of chemical combine. The first stones of its base were incorporated per far thirtieth years. Together with chemical factory the working settlement Lischimstroy grew also. At the end of a 1950 it was renamed in Severodonetsk, and in a 1958 has received the status of city Just from it by development this boundarouse has accepted modern industrial shape.
Today Severodonetsk totals about 140 thousands of the inhabitants. The representatives the more than 50 nationalities here live. Severodonetsk clean, green city The common square of the green arrays and plantings within the limits of it of feature reaches 1400 thousand sq.m.
Production of such industrial enterprises as SGPP "AZOT", JSK ASSOCIATION STEKLOPLASTIC, KHIMTEKNOLOGIYA, joint-stock company Impulse and many other has won the recognition as in countries near, and distant foreign countries. Only in Severodonetsk 26 large industrial enterprises are totaled.
Severodonetsk - city of the businessmen engaging the second place in area on an amount of the subjects of enterprise activity. More than 1800 enterprises of various patterns of owner-ship and about 3,5 thousand businessmen are registered.
In city 9 research institutes, including departments and branches. Three maximum educational establishments, chemical-mechanical technical school, state musical school three musical school, one art, 18 comprehensive schools. In Severodonetsk's there are a lot of sports structures two stadium, Ice palas of sport two pool, sports halls and schools, health-improving centers. In city there are champions of the World, Europe, Ukraine and foreman of sport of the international class.
The city takes a favorable geographical position at center of Donbass - industrial heart of Ukraine (beside inhere cities Lisichansk and Rubezhnoe) with high advanced by an industrial infrastructure advanced by the network iron and highways.
Map of Ukraine with Severodonetsk
