Lipetsk, also romanized as Lipeck, is a city and the administrative center of Lipetsk Oblast, Russia, located on the banks of the Voronezh River in the Don basin, 438 kilometers (272 mi) southeast of Moscow. Population: 496,403 (2021 census); 508,887 (2010 census); 506,114 (2002 census); 449,635 (1989 Soviet census).