Donetsk

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 (5,691 views/month, #1 of 119).^[2]

Key Facts

• Donetsk is located in Donetsk urban hromada^[3].
• Donetsk is in the country of Ukraine^[4].
• Donetsk is on the body of water Kalmius^[5].
• Donetsk's head of government is recorded as Alexey Kulemzin^[6].
• Donetsk's instance of is recorded as city in Ukraine^[7].
• Donetsk's instance of is recorded as city^[8].
• Donetsk's instance of is recorded as city or town^[9].
• Donetsk's official language is recorded as Ukrainian^[10].
• Donetsk's official language is recorded as Russian^[11].
• Donetsk's founder is recorded as John Hughes^[12].
• Donets is named after Donetsk^[13].
• Donetsk's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Voroshylovskyi District (Donetsk)^[14].
• Donetsk's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Budonnyi District^[15].
• Donetsk's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Kalinin Raion^[16].
• Donetsk's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Kyiv District^[17].
• Donetsk's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Kirovskyi District, Donetsk^[18].
• Donetsk's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Kuibyshevskyi District, Donetsk^[19].
• Donetsk's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Leninskyi District^[20].
• Donetsk's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Petrovsky District, Donetsk^[21].
• Donetsk's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Proletarskyi Raion^[22].
• Donetsk's flag is recorded as flag of Donetsk^[23].
• Donetsk's twinned administrative body is recorded as Trondheim^[24].
• Donetsk's twinned administrative body is recorded as Vilnius^[25].
• Donetsk's twinned administrative body is recorded as Taranto^[26].
• Donetsk's twinned administrative body is recorded as Bochum^[27].

Body

Founding

Donetsk's founder is recorded as John Hughes^[12]. 1869 marks the founding of Donetsk^[28].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Donetsk include Donetsk International Airport^[29], an international airport^[30], in Ukraine^[31], founded in 1940^[32].

Why It Matters

Donetsk ranks in the top 0.84% of city_of_regional_significance_of_ukraine entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,691 views/month, #1 of 119).^[2] Donetsk has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[33] Donetsk is known by 84 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[34]

Entities named for Donetsk include Donetsk International Airport^[29], an international airport^[30], in Ukraine^[31], founded in 1940^[32].