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Donetsk
City in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine

Donetsk

Donetsk, formerly known as Aleksandrovka, Yuzivka, Stalin, and Stalino, is an industrial city in eastern Ukraine located on the Kalmius River in Donetsk Oblast, which is currently occupied by Russia as the capital of the Donetsk People's Republic.

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The population was estimated at 901,645 in the city core, with over 2 million in the metropolitan area (2011). According to the 2001 census, Donetsk was the fifth-largest city in Ukraine.

Get in

Getting to Donetsk

Donetsk International Airport was destroyed in the war in 2014.

Do

Things to do

  1. 01
    Istoki Kalmiusa
  2. 02
    Ukraine National
  3. 03
    Ukrainskyi steppe Sculpture Park
  4. 04
    Park Shcherbakova

    Mon-Fri 12ː00-20ː00, Sat Sun 10ː00-21ː00.

  5. 05
    Lokomotyv Swimming
  6. 06
    Donbass Arena or Donbas Arena

    A stadium with a natural grass pitch in Donetsk, Ukraine that opened in 2009.

Eat

Where to eat

  1. 01
    Eli-peli Restaurant
  2. 02
    Sely
  3. 03
    McDonald's

    Shevchenko, 6B (at the Tsentralnyi Market),.

  4. 04
    Ukrainske
How locals move

Getting around Donetsk the local way

Share-taxi routes mapped nearby
  • 31 Маршрутка №31: Залізничний вокзал - АС «Центр»
  • 31 Маршрутка №31: АС «Центр» - Залізничний вокзал
  • 102 Маршрутка №102: АС «Червоногвардійська» - вулиця Марії Ульянової (Ринок )
  • 121 Маршрутка №121: Макіївка (АС-1) - Донецьк (АС «Критий ринок»)
  • 26 Маршрутка №26: Залізничний вокзал - АС «Центр»
  • 26 Маршрутка №26: АС «Центр» - Залізничний вокзал
  • 32 Маршрутка №32: З/Д Вокзал - Мотель
  • 32 Маршрутка №32: Мотель - З/Д Вокзал
  • 16 Маршрутка №16: Залізничний вокзал - АС «Критий ринок»
  • 16 Маршрутка №16: АС «Критий ринок» - Залізничний вокзал
  • 23 Маршрутка №23: АС «Червоногвардійська» - ДС ТЦ Амстор""
  • 23 Маршрутка №23: ДС «ТЦ Амстор» - АС «Червоногвардійська»

OpenStreetMap contributors.

  • Get aroundThere are four main types: the trolleybus, bus, tram and minibuses (marshrutki).
  • Get aroundThe minibuses (singular marshrutka, plural marshrutki) operated by non-municipal companies can be found throughout the city.

From Wikivoyage: Donetsk, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

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