Donetsk: All Data
1. Lists and Timelines
Donetsk: Chronology of Mentions
Note: For polities of antiquity, the listed capital or subdivision capital may also represent one or several of the most important cities of the region.
1917 AD
Mentioned in Event: Russian Civil War
1917 AD
Mentioned in Event: Ukrainian-Soviet War
1918 AD
Mentioned in Event: Battle for the Donbass
1918 AD
Mentioned in Event: Ukrainian-Soviet War
1919 AD
Mentioned in Event: Battle for the Donbass
1919 AD
Mentioned in Event: Russian Civil War
1920 AD
Mentioned in Event: Evacuation of Crimea
1922 AD
Mentioned in Event: Treaty on the Creation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
1941 AD
Mentioned in Event: Operation Barbarossa
1943 AD
Mentioned in Event: Donbass Strategic Offensive (August 1943)
1991 AD
Mentioned in Event: Dissolution of the Soviet Union
2014 AD
Mentioned in Event: Secession of Donetsk and Luhansk
2014 AD
Mentioned in: First Battle of Donetsk Airport
2014 AD
Mentioned in: Second Battle of Donetsk Airport
2014 AD
Capital of Donetsk People's Republic
2022 AD
Mentioned in Event: Russian annexation of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts
2025 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Oblast of Donetsk Oblast, part of Ukraine
2025 AD
Subdivision Capital of the republic of Donetsk People's Republic, part of Russian Federation