[citation needed] The creation of the coat of arms of Donetsk was approved by the city's executive committee on June 6, 1968.

On the horizontally split silver-black shield, it depicted a hand holding a hammer and a five-pointed star in the top-right corner, all golden.

[2] The medal-winning artist, Honored Artist of Ukraine Efim Kharabet proposed using the figures of the monument “To Donbas Liberators” as supporters, on the left a miner, leaning on a jackhammer with his left hand, and on the right a soldier in a military overcoat with a helmet on his head, holding a sword with his right hand with the tip down.

[3] A working hand firmly holding a hammer raised high symbolizes that the city is one of the largest industrial centers in Ukraine.

The golden five-pointed star symbolizes a thrifty attitude towards the wealth created by nature and the labor of the people, power, justice and faith in a better future.