The leading city of the Donets Basin in Ukraine; population 974,600 (est. 2009). The city was called Yuzovka from 1872 until 1924, and Stalin or Stalino from 1924 until 1961.
Rhymes
Novokuznetsk
Definition of Donetsk in US English:
Donetsk
proper noundəˈn(y)etsk
A city in the Donets Basin in Ukraine; population 974,600 (est. 2009). The city was called Yuzovka 1872–1924, and Stalin or Stalino 1924–61.