Makeyevka |
The Church in Makeyevka.
Makeyevka was opened for missionary work in March 1993.
There are 2 branches of the church in Makeyevka.
About the City.
Makeyevka, like Donetsk, is a city of mining and heavy industry. about 450,000 people live in Makeyevka. Donetsk and Makeyevka are so close together that it is hard to tell when one city ends, and the other begins. If it weren't for the enormous, gaudy Communist-era signs, one would never know.
History
Makeyevka (Makiyivka in Ukrainian) was founded in 1777. It
was only a small village when it was combined with nearby Dmitriyevsk, where a
metallurgical works was established in 1899. Dmitriyevsk subsequently developed as one of
the largest coal-mining and industrial centers of the Donets Basin coalfield; in 1931
Dmitriyevsk/Makiyivka was renamed Makiyivka. There are many coal mines in and around the
city. Makiyivka's modern industries include one of the largest integrated iron and steel
works in Ukraine. There are also other metalworking and coke-chemical plants and factories
for pneumatic machinery, shoemaking, and food processing. 
The city is rather dispersed, with
numerous residential communities surrounding individual industrial plants over an
extensive area; it is gradually extending to form a single metropolitan area with the
nearby city of Donetsk, which lies just a few miles to the southwest. Makiyivka has a
large research institute in mining safety.
Members of the church from Makeyevka were part of the first group from the Donetsk Mission to travel to the temple in Germany.
~Chris Williams