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City in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine
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Bakhmut (Ukrainian: Бахму́т) is a city of 72,000 people (2021) in Donetsk Oblast. It is known as a place where salt is mined, and for having the largest production of sparkling wines in the classic bottle method in Eastern Europe. The city was largely destroyed during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. It has been under Russian control since May 2023.
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Николаевская церковь
Wooden, built in 1797 in Slobozhanskiy style architectural traditions.
государственный краеведческий музей
There are 14 halls. Exhibit about the nature of the Region and the city's history from ancient times to the present. There is a numismatic collection, a memorial room museum Nikolai Fedorovich Cherniavskii and a special ethnographic collection about history and culture of the Jewish community of Bachmuth - Artemovska district. The museum building is a monument of history and architecture, built in the early 20th century.
Храм Святителя Иоанна Златоуста
Wooden, built in 2012 in the image of one of the churches of Suzdal.
Artyomovskiy Factory of Sparkling Wines
The entire production cycle is carried out at a depth of 72 meters. The total area of the adits is 25 hectares. There are three types of excursions: visiting 4 workshops with tasting - 3 hours; visit to 2 workshops with tasting - 2 hours; visit to the tasting room - 1 hour. For persons over 18 years of age only. Photo and video filming is prohibited. An interpreter is provided for English speaking groups. It's pretty cool in the adits, it is advisable to take a sweater with you.
The mines have 200 km of tunnel, are at a depth of 288 m, and many of the chambers are 30 m in height. The largest resembles a hangar of about 100 m long and 40 m width and 40 m height which contains the world's largest underground room. It is large enough that a hot air balloon has been floated inside, symphonies have been played before, and two professional soccer matches have been held at the same time. A constant temperature is about +14 °C. The chambers of salt mines, which are also used extensively for speleo (cave) treatment of asthma and other lung diseases.
By car
The Kharkiv-Rostov and Donetsk-Kyiv highways run through Bakhmut.
By train
Bakhmut train station is the main gate of the city. Long-distance trains from Moscow, Donetsk, Luhansk, Minsk and the south of Russia.
By bus
You can also get to the city by bus to one of the bus stations.
The city has a public transport system consisting of a network of trolleybuses and buses.
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