Pokrovsk Raion

Pokrovsk Raion (Ukrainian: Покровський район; Russian: Покровский район), formerly Krasnoarmiisk Raion (Ukrainian: Красноармійський район; Russian: Красноармейский район) is a raion (district) within Donetsk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. Its administrative center is Pokrovsk, which is incorporated separately as a city of oblast significance and does not belong to the raion. Its area is 1,316 km2 (508 sq mi) and its population is approximately 30,653 (2017 est.)[1].

Pokrovsk Raion

Покровський район
Raion
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Coordinates: 48°15′34.8438″N 37°22′35.9832″E
Country Ukraine
RegionDonetsk Oblast
EstablishedN/A
Admin. centerPokrovsk
Subdivisions
Government
 • GovernorN/A
Area
 • Total1,316 km2 (508 sq mi)
Population
 • Total32,057
 • Density24/km2 (63/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index
853-XX
Area code380
WebsiteVerkhovna Rada website

Within the Pokrovsk Raion there are: 3 urban-type settlements (Hrodivka, Novoekonomichne and Udachne), 13 silska rada (selsoviets), and 99 settlements. Also included within the raion are: 22 kolkhozy, 7 sovhozy, 5 industrial organizations, 3 hospitals, 36 schools, and 31 libraries.

An architectural monument in the raion is the Petropavlovs'ka Church (1840 – village of Krasne), Church of the Birth of the Theotokos (Russian: церковь Рождества Богородицы) (1799 – urban-type settlement of Novoekonomichne), and the Voznesens'ka Church (1893 – village of Novotroyits'ke). The composer Sergei Prokofiev (1891–1953) was born here.

In May 2014, the raion requested a referendum for its absorption into the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, citing the instability in the Donetsk Oblast and order and stability in Dnipropetrovsk. Dnipropetrovsk governor Ihor Kolomoisky said that the oblast was willing to do so, assuming it was popular opinion in the raion.

On 21 May 2016, Verkhovna Rada adopted decision to rename Krasnoarmiisk Raion to Pokrovsk Raion and Krasnoarmiisk to Pokrovsk according to the law prohibiting names of Communist origin.[2]

Demographics

44 different nationalities live in the Krasnoarmiysky Raion. They include: Ukrainians, Russians, Belarusians, Germans, Azerbaijanis, Crimean Tatars, Moldavians, Armenians, Greeks and others. As of the 2001 Ukrainian census:[3]

Ethnicity
  • Ukrainians: 86.8%
  • Russians: 11.3%
  • Belarusians: 0.7%

See also

References
  1. "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  2. "Pro perejmenuvannja dejakih naselenih punktiv" (in Ukrainian). Holos Ukrainy. 21 May 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  3. Національний склад та рідна мова населення Донецької області. Розподіл постійного населення за найбільш численними національностями та рідною мовою по міськрадах та районах (in Ukrainian), archived from the original on 2012-11-27


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