Key facts
- Country
- Russia
- Federal subject
- Rostov Oblast
- Elevation
- 120 m (390 ft)
- Total
- 50,098
- Estimate 2025
- 45,334 ( −9.5% )
- Rank
- 318th in 2010
- Subordinated to
- Donetsk Urban Okrug
- Capital of
- Donetsk Urban Okrug
- Urban okrug
- Donetsk Urban Okrug
- Time zone
- UTC+3 ( MSK )
- Postal code
- 346330–346342
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
Donetsk (Russian: Донецк, IPA: [dɐˈnʲetsk] , until 1955 Gundorovka, Russian: Гундоровка, Ukrainian: Гундорівка) is a town in Rostov Oblast, Russia, located on the Seversky Donets River on the border with Ukraine. By road it is located 388 kilometres (241 mi) west of Volgograd. Population: 50,098 (2010 census); 48,040 (2002 census); 48,673 (1989 Soviet census); 38,000 (1970).
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