Donetsk (, , until 1955 Gundorovka, , ) is a town in Rostov Oblast, Russia, located on the Seversky Donets River on the border with Ukraine. By road it is located west of Volgograd. Population: 38,000 (1970).
The settlement was founded in 1681 by the Don Cossacks. It was controlled by various factions between 1918 and 1924, i.e. the Don Soviet Republic, the Don Republic, Soviet Russia and Soviet Ukraine. During World War II, it was occupied by Germany in 1942âÂÂ1943.
It was known as Gundorovka until 1955. A museum called the Donetsk Museum of History and Ethnography was built in the city in 2005.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is incorporated as Donetsk Urban OkrugâÂÂan administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, this administrative unit also has urban okrug status.