<p>The

town of Kramatorsk (<i>Kramatorska, Kramatorovka, Kramatorske</i>) emerged

close to the Kramatorska railway station of the Kursk-Kharkiv-Azov

railway near the Kazenny Torets river (Izium district, Kharkiv

province). Kramatorska became a junction goods and passenger station

of this railway. Then a settlement with the same name began to

develop around the station.</p>

<p>In

the early 20th century the population of Kramatorska numbered over 12

thousand people. There were a plant hospital, two schools and a trade

school there. As of that time, there also were a pharmacy (1897), a

telegraph office (1898), an international telephone station (1909),

and a cinema (1913) in the town. In 1912 the Kramatorsk Sports

Society was founded, a stadium was built and a football team was

organized.</p><p>

</p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.11in;">[http://www.skmz.dn.ua/]</p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.11in;"><i>Author: Volodymyr Kulikov</i></p>