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Donetsk Донецк
Town
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Location of Donetsk
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Coordinates: 48°20′N 39°56′E / 48.333°N 39.933°E / 48.333; 39.933
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Rostov Oblast
Founded	1681
Elevation	120 m (390 ft)
Population
• Total	50,098
• Rank	318th in 2010
Administrative status
• Subordinated to	Donetsk Urban Okrug
• Capital of	Donetsk Urban Okrug
Municipal status
• Urban okrug	Donetsk Urban Okrug
• Capital of	Donetsk Urban Okrug
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK )
Postal code(s)	346330–346342
OKTMO ID	60717000001

Donetsk (Russian: Донецк) 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). It was previously known as Gundorovka.

History

Tsardom of Russia 1681–1721
 Russian Empire 1721–1917
Russian Republic 1917
Soviet Russia 1918–1922
 Soviet Union 1922–1991
 Russian Federation 1991–present

The settlement was founded in 1681 by the Don Cossacks. It was known as Gundorovka until 1955. A museum called the Donetsk Museum of History and Ethnography was built in the city in 2005.

Administrative status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is incorporated as Donetsk Urban Okrug—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, this administrative unit also has urban okrug status.

See also

• Shelling of Donetsk, Russia

References

1. ^ Law #340-ZS
2. ^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
3. ^ Law #215-ZS
4. "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
5. Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
6. Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (in Russian).
7. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики . 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.

Sources

• Законодательное Собрание Ростовской области. Закон №340-ЗС от 25 июля 2005 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Ростовской области», в ред. Закона №270-ЗС от 27 ноября 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в областной Закон "Об административно-территориальном устройстве Ростовской области"». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Наше время", №187–190, 28 июля 2005 г. (Legislative Assembly of Rostov Oblast. Law #340-ZS of July 28, 2005 On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Rostov Oblast, as amended by the Law #270-ZS of November 27, 2014 On Amending the Oblast Law "On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Rostov Oblast". Effective as of the official publication date.).
• Законодательное Собрание Ростовской области. Закон №215-ЗС от 14 декабря 2004 г. «Об установлении границы и наделении статусом городского округа муниципального образования "Город Донецк"». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Наше время", №319–320 (без приложений), 22 декабря 2004 г. (Legislative Assembly of Rostov Oblast. Law #215-ZS of December 14, 2004 On Establishing the Border and Granting Urban Okrug Status to the Municipal Formation of the "Town of Donetsk". Effective as of the official publication date.).

External links

• Media related to Donetsk (Rostov Oblast) at Wikimedia Commons
• Official website of Donetsk (in Russian)
• Donetsk Business Directory (in Russian)

• Cities and towns in Rostov Oblast
• Don Host Oblast