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Here is the history of one Ukraine town, a microcosm of Russia, before its independence in 1991. Hughesovka, (later Stalino and Donestk) was a mining and steel town founded in the 1870s by Welsh entrepreneur John Hughes and seventy Welsh workers.<\/p>\n

This three part TV documentary directed by Colin Thomas and presented by Gwyn Williams and first broadcast in 1991 as a series of 30 minute programmes on BBC2.<\/p>\n

This documentary won the Best Documentary BAFTA Cymru, 1991 award.<\/p>\n

Watch a trailer for the film and associated book ‘Dreaming a City’<\/a> by BRHG member Colin Thomas:<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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