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.

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.

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.

[1] As a municipal division, this administrative unit also has urban okrug status.