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Bakhmut is the oldest historical and cultural center of Donbas (founded in 1571). Dozens of buildings of the late XIX century have been preserved here, there is a famous champagne factory and a room-museum of Easter egg making, a local history museum and a sports complex "Metallurg", where athletes of the Paralympic team of Ukraine train. During decommunization, the city was returned to its historical name, until 2016 Bakhmut was called Artemivsk.
Artwinery is one of the largest producers of champagne in all of Europe in the traditional bottling method! This factory was founded back in 1950. Here you will learn about the most advanced equipment that allows to produce sparkling wine of an excellent quality, comparable to the world's best champagne producers, and about the traditions of sparkling wine production using the classic bottling method of champagnization in the bottle. The entire champagne production cycle is situated underground, in the specific microclimate of the gypsum tunnels, located 70 metres below ground in the tunnels, in conditions that are ideal for the production of sparkling wines.
Over the past five years, the places for recreation of the locals have been reconstructed in Bakhmut: the embankment of the Bakhmutka River, the park on the Boulevard of Metallurgists and the Rose Alley.
In 2015, the Rose Alley in Bakhmut set a record of Ukraine in the nomination "The largest number of roses in one location". Experts counted more than 5 thousand rose bushes.
Usually, public holidays in Bakhmut are celebrated in the city center on Svobody Square, in the park on Metallurgists Boulevard, in the city park or in the city center of culture and leisure named after Yevhen Martynov.
Sports events are held at the Metallurg Stadium and in the sports and recreation complex on its territory. This sports complex is one of the best sports and training bases of Ukraine, athletes of the Paralympic team of Ukraine train here.
Salt from Bakhmut is exported all over the world. To see the salt mine and the largest underground concert hall in the world, as well as to learn about the history of salt mining, you need to get to the city of Soledar near Bakhmut. A unique festival of arts "Salt Symphony" is held at a depth of 300 meters in the salt mine of the "Artemsil" enterprise, and respiratory diseases are treated in the speleosanatorium of mine workings.
" There are landscapes of Ukraine, ornaments of Petrykivka painting, stylized embroidery.
And
in
the center there is a falcon, which symbolizes the emblem of Ukraine. I have long
studied
the
question
whether the trident can be interpreted as a falcon. There is no direct evidence of this,
but
many say
that our coat of arms represents a falcon flying down for prey or guarding its
territory.
Therefore, we
wanted to take something national and combine it with elements of wildlife,"
says Yana Vovk, director of the creative group.
"I come here, just to sit and breathe and think about life," 79 year old Mykhailo
told
Reuters,
sitting in a peaked
cap under a leafy
tree. "These murals are all about freedom, and are so calming at the same time, yes."
Most Ukrainians didn't believe that russia would invade our country on full-scale (the
hybrid
war
has been going on since 2014). This is absurd,
isn't
it?
The
world can't allow
such a thing to happen in the 21st century.
Before the russian invasion in February, Bakhmut was home to around 70,000 people, and
was
known
for
its salt mines and
sparkling wine production. Now it is battered, and largely lifeless.
"This is where the craziness of the russian command is most evident," Mr Zelenskr said in his nightly address from Kyiv. "Day after day, for months, they are driving people to their deaths there, concentrating the highest level of artillery strikes."
Analysts say the city has little military value in itself, though if it were to fall, it would bring other cities back within range of russian artillery and help change the narrative of a conflict in which Moscow's forces have been gradually retreating.
Source: BBCShell, kill, and repeat - the russian army way.