About Donetsk
Donetsk is a city in Rostov, Russia with a population of 50,850. It is the 336th largest of the 980 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Russia, and the 11,255th largest worldwide. It lies 840 km from Moscow.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#12of 28
Coordinates
48.337, 39.952
Record updated
13 July 2026
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 980 in RussiaClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.