Map of Donetsk, Rostov, Russia

Donetsk is a city in Rostov, Russia, with a population of about 50,850. It lies at 48.3396°N, 39.9595°E. Donetsk is about 840 km (522 mi) south of Moscow, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Sorokyne, 17 km to the west.

Donetsk at a glance

Where is Donetsk?

• The 11th largest city in Rostov on this site.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 8 h 19 min on the shortest day to 16 h 06 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Donetsk

• Sorokyne — 17 km west, Ukraine
• Kamensk-Shakhtinsky — 22 km east
• Gukovo — 31 km south
• Dovzhansk — 36 km southwest, Ukraine
• Krasnyy Sulin — 50 km south
• Rovenky — 52 km southwest, Ukraine
• Luhansk — 53 km northwest, Ukraine
• Belaya Kalitva — 63 km east
• Novoshakhtinsk — 64 km south
• Antratsyt — 69 km west, Ukraine

Largest cities in Rostov

• Taganrog — 279,056
• Shakhty — 221,312
• Volgodonsk — 167,731
• Novocherkassk — 166,974
• Bataysk — 109,962
• Novoshakhtinsk — 99,478
• Azov — 82,133
• Kamensk-Shakhtinsky — 75,814
• Gukovo — 66,079
• Sal’sk — 61,000

Largest cities in Russia

• Moscow — 10,381,222
• Saint Petersburg — 5,351,935
• Novosibirsk — 1,612,833
• Yekaterinburg — 1,495,066
• Nizhniy Novgorod — 1,259,013
• Kazan — 1,243,500
• Chelyabinsk — 1,202,371
• Omsk — 1,172,070
• Samara — 1,163,399
• Rostov-na-Donu — 1,130,305

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Other places named Donetsk

• Donetsk — Donetsk, Ukraine

Sources: place names, coordinates, populations and time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0, data retrieved October 2026). Population figures are the latest values recorded in GeoNames; depending on the country they refer to the city proper, a municipality or a wider urban area, so they can differ from census or metro-area figures. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.