Donetsk Oblast

The Donetsk Oblast is a region in that is partially occupied by Russia, which claimed in 2022 to have annexed it.
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, formerly known as Aleksandrovka, Yuzivka, Stalin, and Stalino, is an industrial city in eastern located on the River in Oblast, which is currently occupied by as the capital of the People's Republic.

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is a city in southeastern Ukraine on the north coast of the Sea of Azov, and at the mouth of the Kalmius. With a population of 432,000 in 2021, it was the tenth largest city in before the Russian invasion of 2022, and the second largest in the Donetsk Oblast.

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is a city of 72,000 people in Donetsk Oblast. It is known as a place where salt is mined, and for having the largest production of sparkling wines in the classic bottle method in Eastern Europe.

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is a city of 340,000 people in Donetsk People's Republic. is a leading metallurgical and coal-mining centre of the Donets Basin, with heavy industry and coking plants supporting the local steel and coal industries.

Donetsk Oblast

Latitude of center
47.9213° or 47° 55′ 17″ north
Longitude of center
37.781° or 37° 46′ 52″ east
Population
4,060,000
Elevation
211 metres (692 feet)
Open­Street­Map ID
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
709716
Wiki­data ID
Q2012050
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Donetsk Oblast” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Donetsk-oblast”
  • Albanian: “Rajoni i Doneckut”
  • Albanian: “Rajoni i Donetskut”
  • Amharic: “ዶኔትስክ”
  • Arabic: “أوبلاست دونيتسك”
  • Arabic: “دونيتسك أوبلاست”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة دونيتسك”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة دونيتسكا”
  • Armenian: “Դոնեցկի մարզ”
  • Asturian: “Óblast de Donetsk”
  • Azerbaijani: “Donetsk vilayəti”
  • Bashkir: “Донецк өлкәһе”
  • Basque: “Donetskeko oblasta”
  • Belarusian: “Данецкая вобласць”
  • Belarusian: “Данецкая вобласьць”
  • Bengali: “ডোনেস্ক ওব্লাস্ট”
  • Bhojpuri: “डोनेत्स्क ओब्लास्ट”
  • Bhojpuri: “दोनेत्स्क ओब्लास्त”
  • Bosnian: “Donjecka oblast”
  • Bosnian: “Staljinska oblast”
  • Bulgarian: “Донецка област”
  • Catalan: “Donètxtxina”
  • Catalan: “óblast de Donetsk”
  • Catalan: “Óblast de Donetsk”
  • Catalan: “província de Donetsk”
  • Catalan: “Província de Donetsk”
  • Cebuano: “Donets’ka Oblast‘”
  • Cebuano: “Donets’ka Oblast’”
  • Chechen: “Донецкан область”
  • Chinese: “Donetsk Chiu”
  • Chinese: “頓內次克州”
  • Chinese: “頓涅茨克州”
  • Chinese: “顿涅茨克州”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Donetsk vilâyeti”
  • Croatian: “Donecka oblast”
  • Croatian: “Donjecka oblast” (historical)
  • Croatian: “Staljinska oblast”
  • Czech: “Doněcká oblast”
  • Danish: “Donetsk oblast”
  • Danish: “Donetsk Oblast”
  • Danish: “Donetska oblast”
  • Dutch: “Donetsk”
  • Dutch: “Oblast Donetsk”
  • Eastern Mari: “Донецк вел”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اوبلاست دونيتسك”
  • Erzya: “Донецкоень ёнкс”
  • Esperanto: “Donecka provinco”
  • Esperanto: “regiono Donecka”
  • Estonian: “Donetski oblast”
  • Finnish: “Donetskin alue”
  • French: “Donetsk”
  • French: “oblast de Donetsk”
  • French: “Oblast de Donetsk”
  • French: “Région de Donetsk”
  • Georgian: “დონეცკი (ოლქი)”
  • Georgian: “დონეცკის (ოლქი)”
  • Georgian: “დონეცკის ოლქი”
  • German: “Donezgebiet”
  • German: “Donezk”
  • German: “Oblast Donezk”
  • Greek: “Όμπλαστ του Ντονέτσκ”
  • Greek: “Περιφέρεια Ντονέτσκ”
  • Gujarati: “ડોનેટ્સ્ક ઓબ્લાસ્ટ”
  • Hausa: “Donetsk”
  • Hebrew: “דונצק”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז דונצק”
  • Hindi: “डोनेट्स्क ओब्लास्ट”
  • Hindi: “डोनेत्स्क ओब्लास्ट”
  • Hungarian: “Donecki terület”
  • Icelandic: “Donetska Oblast”
  • Icelandic: “Donetskfylki”
  • Ido: “Provinco Doneck”
  • Indonesian: “Oblast Donetsk”
  • Interlingua: “Region Donetsk”
  • Italian: “Donec’ka oblast‘”
  • Italian: “Oblast di Donec’k”
  • Italian: “Oblast di Doneck”
  • Italian: “Oblast di Donetsk”
  • Italian: “oblast‘ di Donec’k”
  • Italian: “Oblast‘ di Donec’k”
  • Italian: “Oblast’ di Donec’k”
  • Japanese: “ドネーツィク州”
  • Japanese: “ドネツィク州”
  • Japanese: “ドネツク州”
  • Javanese: “Donetsk”
  • Kannada: “ಡೊನೆಟ್ಸ್ಕ್ ಒಬ್ಲಾಸ್ಟ್”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Doneck wálayatı”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Donetsk wa’layati”
  • Kazakh: “Донецк облысы”
  • Kirghiz: “Донецк облусу”
  • Korean: “도네츠크 주”
  • Korean: “도네츠크주”
  • Korean: “도네치크 주”
  • Kotava: “UkrainaDonetskWinka”
  • Kurdish: “Oblasta Donetskê”
  • Ladin: “Oblast de Donetsk”
  • Latin: “Regio Donetskensis”
  • Latvian: “Doneckas apgabals”
  • Latvian: “Doņeckas apgabals”
  • Latvian: “Doneckas reģions”
  • Limburgan: “Oblas Donetsk”
  • Lithuanian: “Donecka oblast”
  • Lithuanian: “Donecko sritis”
  • Lithuanian: “Stalino sritis”
  • Lombard: “Oblast de Donec’k”
  • Luxembourgish: “Oblast Donezk”
  • Macedonian: “Донецка Област”
  • Macedonian: “Донечка Област”
  • Macedonian: “Сталинска Област”
  • Malay: “Donetsk Oblast”
  • Maltese: “Oblast ta‘ Donetsk”
  • Manx: “Queiggey Donetsk”
  • Marathi: “दोनेत्स्क ओब्लास्त”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Doneczk séng”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Donets’k oblast‘”
  • Mingrelian: “დონეცკიშ ოლქი”
  • Moksha: “Донэцьконь аймак”
  • Mongolian: “Донецк муж”
  • Northern Frisian: “Donetsjk”
  • Northern Luri: “دونتسک”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Donetsk oblast”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Donetsk oblast”
  • Norwegian: “Donetsk oblast”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Óblast de Donetsk”
  • Oromo: “Donetsk”
  • Ossetian: “Донецкы облæст”
  • Ossetian: “Донецчы облæст”
  • Panjabi: “ਡੋਨੇਟਸਕ”
  • Persian: “استان دونتسک”
  • Polish: “obwód doniecki”
  • Polish: “Obwód doniecki”
  • Portuguese: “Oblast de Donetsk (Ucrânia)”
  • Portuguese: “Oblast de Donetsk”
  • Pushto: “دونتسک”
  • Romanian: “Doneţk (regiune)”
  • Romanian: “Donețk (regiune)”
  • Romanian: “Donetsk Oblast”
  • Romanian: “Regiunea doneţk”
  • Romanian: “Regiunea Doneţk”
  • Romanian: “Regiunea donețk”
  • Romanian: “Regiunea Donețk”
  • Romanian: “Донецк”
  • Russian: “Донетчина”
  • Russian: “Донецкая область”
  • Russian: “Сталинская область”
  • Rusyn: “Донецька область”
  • Scots: “Donetsk Oblast”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Donetska Oblast”
  • Serbian: “Donjecka oblast”
  • Serbian: “Staljinska oblast”
  • Serbian: “Доњецка област”
  • Serbian: “Доњечка област”
  • Serbian: “Стаљинска област”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Donečka oblast”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Donjecka oblast”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Staljinska oblast”
  • Silesian: “Důńecki uobwůd”
  • Sinhala: “ඩොනේට්ස්ක් ප්‍රාන්තය”
  • Slovak: “Donecká oblasť”
  • Slovenian: “Donecka oblast”
  • Somali: “Donetsk”
  • South Azerbaijani: “دونتسک اوبلاستی”
  • Spanish: “Donets’k (region)”
  • Spanish: “Donets’k (región)”
  • Spanish: “Oblast de Donets’k”
  • Spanish: “Óblast de Donetsk”
  • Spanish: “Prelesne”
  • Spanish: “Region de Donetsk”
  • Spanish: “Región de Donetsk”
  • Swahili: “Donetsk”
  • Swedish: “Donetsk (oblast)”
  • Swedish: “Donetsk oblast”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Донетск”
  • Tamil: “டநிட்ஸ்க் ஒப்ளாஸ்ட்”
  • Tamil: “தோனெத்ஸ்க் மாகாணம்”
  • Tatar: “Донецк өлкәсе”
  • Tatar: “Донэцьк өлкәсе”
  • Telugu: “డానెస్క్”
  • Thai: “แคว้นดอแนตสก์”
  • Turkish: “Donetsk oblastı”
  • Turkish: “Donetsk Oblastı”
  • Ukrainian: “Donetska Oblast”
  • Ukrainian: “Донецька область”
  • Ukrainian: “Донецька Область”
  • Ukrainian: “Донеччина”
  • Urdu: “دونیتسک اوبلاست”
  • Uzbek: “Donetsk viloyati”
  • Uzbek: “Donetsk Viloyati”
  • Vietnamese: “Donetsk”
  • Vietnamese: “tỉnh Donetsk”
  • Vietnamese: “vùng Donetsk”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Donetsk Oblast”
  • Western Panjabi: “دونیتسک اوبلاست”
  • Wu Chinese: “顿涅茨克州”
  • Yakut: “Донецк уобалас”
  • Yiddish: “דאנעצק אבלאסט”
  • Yiddish: “דאנעצק גובערניע”
  • Yue Chinese: “頓涅茨克州”
  • “Донецк”
  • “दोनेत्स्क ओब्लास्त”

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