Donetsk

city in Ukraine
Organization city_of_regional_significance_of_ukraine Q43070
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Summary

Donetsk is a city of regional significance of Ukraine[1]. Donetsk ranks in the top 0.84% of city of regional significance of ukraine entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16,933 views/month, #1 of 119).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Donetsk urban hromada[3]
  • Country: Ukraine[4]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Kalmius[5]
  • Head of government: Alexey Kulemzin[6], Konstantin Kosenko[7]
  • Instance of: city in Ukraine[8], city[9], city or town[10]
  • Official language: Ukrainian[11], Russian[12]
  • Founder: John Hughes[13]
  • Named after: Donets[14]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Voroshylovskyi District (Donetsk)[15], Budonnyi District[16], Kalinin Raion[17], Kyiv District[18], Kirovskyi District, Donetsk[19], Kuibyshevskyi District, Donetsk[20], Leninskyi District[21], Petrovsky District, Donetsk[22], Proletarskyi Raion[23]
  • Flag: flag of Donetsk[24]
  • Twinned administrative body: Trondheim[25], Vilnius[26], Taranto[27], Bochum[28], Sheffield[29], Charleroi[30], Pittsburgh[31], Moscow[32], Narva[33], Katowice[34], Rostov-on-Don[35], Kutaisi[36], Batumi[37], Gomel[38]
  • Coat of arms: coat of arms of Donetsk[39]
  • Postal code: 283000–283497[40], 83000–83497[41]
  • Commons category: Donetsk[42]
  • Licence plate code: AH[43]
  • Local dialing code: 622[44], 623[45]
  • Inception: 1869[46]
  • Official website: https://gorod-donetsk.com/[47], https://donetsk.gosuslugi.ru/[48]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Donetsk[49]
  • Commons gallery: Донецк[50]
  • Population: 965,800[51], 922,137[52], 929,063[53], 901,645[54], 905,364[55], 908,456[56]

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Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Donetsk include Donetsk International Airport[57], an international airport[58], in Ukraine[59], founded in 1940[60].

Why It Matters

Donetsk has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[61] Donetsk is known by 101 alternative names across languages and contexts.[62]

Entities named for Donetsk include Donetsk International Airport[57], an international airport[58], in Ukraine[59], founded in 1940[60].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . gorod-donetsk.com. gorod-donetsk.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . itd.rada.gov.ua. itd.rada.gov.ua. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . jstor.org. jstor.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . dnrsovet.gov.ru. dnrsovet.gov.ru. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  16. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  20. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [26] ↑ . ivilnius.lt. ivilnius.lt. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [28] ↑ . bochum.de. bochum.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [37] ↑ . mer.dn.ua. mer.dn.ua. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  46. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  49. [51] ↑ . donetskstat.gov.ua. donetskstat.gov.ua. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  50. [52] ↑ . donetskstat.gov.ua. donetskstat.gov.ua. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  51. [53] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  52. [54] ↑ . db.ukrcensus.gov.ua. db.ukrcensus.gov.ua. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  53. [55] ↑ . Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2021. pop-stat.mashke.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  54. [56] ↑ . pop-stat.mashke.org. pop-stat.mashke.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [57] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [58] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [59] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [60] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [61] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [62] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4d ago · Butko · 2026-10-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Head of government → Alexey Kulemzin, Konstantin Kosenko
    Located in time zone → —
    Sitelink count → 149
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'an', 'ang', 'ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'avk', 'az', 'azb', 'ba', 'bar', 'be', '
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Head of government: Konstantin Kosenko"
  2. 13w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → donetsk
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: donetsk, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289932191|donetsk (#289932191)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'm"
  3. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0367107-Doneck-Ukrajina
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0367107-Doneck-Ukrajina, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259496|batch #259496]]"
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