#DiscoverDPR #DateInHistory On the last Sunday of August, a special holiday is celebrated in Donbass—Miner's Day. 304 years ago, on December 18, 1722, Emperor Peter I issued a decree titled " On the mining of coal and ores in the Don and in the Voronezh Governorate. " The document marked the beginning of the creation of the domestic coal industry and the industrial development of Donbass.