Donetsk

Donetsk (, Donets'k; ) is a city in eastern Ukraine on the Kalmius river. Administratively, it is a center of Donetsk Oblast, while historically it is the unofficial capital and largest city of the Donets Basin region, or Donbass. The city's name is often simplified to Donetsk.

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The city has 970,000 inhabitants (2004); the metropolitan area has 1,566,000 inhabitants (2004). It is the fourth-largest city in Ukraine. Donetsk and the surrounding territories are heavily urbanized and agglomerated into conurbation. The workforce is heavily involved with heavy industry, especially coal mining, but the city is very green and lightly-polluted for being a major industrial city. Donetsk has one of the highest standards of living in the region.

Kalmius: Kalmius is one of two rivers flowing through the Ukrainian city of Mariupol. The other river called Kalchik flows into Kalmius. Kalmius flows into Azov sea near the Azovstal steel manufacturing combine....

Donetsk Oblast: Donetsk Oblast (Ukrainian: ???????? ???????, Donets?ka oblast? or ?????????, Donechchyna) is an oblast (province) of eastern Ukraine. Its capital is Donetsk. Historically, the province is an important part of the Donbas region....

Donets Basin: Donets Basin also known as Donbass or Donbas (Russian: ??????? from Donetskiy bassein) is a historical, economic and cultural region of Ukraine. It combines two oblasts (provinces) in the east of the country: Donets'ka oblast' and Luhans'ka oblast', with the centers in Donetsk and Luhans'k correspo...