Pokrovsk Raion

Pokrovsk Raion
Покровський район
Raion
Flag of Pokrovsk Raion
Flag		Coat of arms of Pokrovsk Raion
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 48°15′34.8438″N 37°22′35.9832″E / 48.259678833°N 37.376662000°E / 48.259678833; 37.376662000Coordinates: 48°15′34.8438″N 37°22′35.9832″E / 48.259678833°N 37.376662000°E / 48.259678833; 37.376662000
Country  Ukraine
Region Donetsk Oblast
Established N/A
Admin. center Pokrovsk
Subdivisions
Government
 • Governor N/A
Area
 • Total 1,316 km2 (508 sq mi)
Population
 • Total 32,057
 • Density 24/km2 (63/sq mi)
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Postal index 853-XX
Area code 380
Website Verkhovna Rada website

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 square kilometres. Population: 32,057 (2013 est.)[1].

Within the Dobropilskyi Raion there are: 3 urban-type settlements (Hrodivka, Novoekonomichne, Udachne), 13 selsovets, 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

Forty-four different nationalities live in the Krasnoarmiysky Raion. They include: Ukrainians, Russians, Belarusians, Germans, Azerbaijanis, Crimean Tatars, Moldavians, Armenians, Greeks, and others. Eighty percent of the population is composed of Ukrainians.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "Pro perejmenuvannja dejakih naselenih punktіv" (in Ukrainian). Holos Ukrainy. 21 May 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2016.


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