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; 37.376662000
Country Ukraine
Oblast Donetsk Oblast
Admin. centerPokrovsk
Subdivisions14 hromadas
Government
 • MayorRuslan Trebushkin[citation needed]
Area
 • Total4,020 km2 (1,550 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[1]
 • Total386,451
 • Density96/km2 (250/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index
853-XX
Area code380
WebsiteVerkhovna Rada website

Pokrovsk Raion (Ukrainian: Покровський район, romanized: Pokrovskyi raion; Russian: Покровский район, romanized: Pokrovsky rayon) is a raion (district) within Donetsk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. Its administrative center is Pokrovsk. It has an area of 1,316 square kilometres (508 sq mi) and its population is approximately 386,451 (2022 estimate).[1]

An architectural monument in the raion is the Petropavlovs'ka Church (1840 – village of Krasne), Church of the Birth of the Theotokos (Ukrainian: церква Різдва Богородиці) (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.

Subdivisions

After the reform in July 2020, the raion consists of 14 hromadas:[2]

History

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.[citation needed]

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.[3]

On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Donetsk Oblast was reduced to eight, of which only five were controlled by the government, and the area of Pokrovsk Raion was significantly expanded. [4][2] The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was 29,449 (2020 est.)[5]

The region has been involved in the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In January 2024, Russians forces launched missiles from the S-300 system in the Pokrovsk Raion. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported 11 casualties, including five children, as a result of the attack.[6]

In February 2024, Russian media outlets spread information about an alleged Russian missile strike on a concentration of Ukrainian military and "heavy losses" for the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the region. Commander Oleksandr Tarnavskyi refuted their claims, stating it was a Russian information and psychological operation.[7]

The northern part of the district belongs to the historical Kramatorsk land.

Demographics

44 different nationalities live in Pokrovsk Raion. They include: Ukrainians, Russians, Belarusians, Germans, Azerbaijanis, Crimean Tatars, Moldavians, Armenians, Greeks and others. As of the 2001 Ukrainian census:[8]

Ethnicity

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
  3. ^ "Pro perejmenuvannja dejakih naselenih punktiv" (in Ukrainian). Holos Ukrainy. 21 May 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  4. ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  5. ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2020 року / Population of Ukraine Number of Existing as of January 1, 2020 (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 September 2023.
  6. ^ "Heartbreaking footage: Pokrovsk hospital rocket strike revealed in January 6 video". LIGA. 2024-01-09. Retrieved 2024-02-25.
  7. ^ "Russian occupiers spread rumors of "heavy losses" of Ukrainian army near Selydove". LIGA. 2024-02-13. Retrieved 2024-02-25.
  8. ^ 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 2012-02-07

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