Petrovskyi District (Ukrainian: Петровський район) is an urban district of the city of Donetsk, under the control of the de facto Donetsk People's Republic, named after a Soviet political figure Grigoriy Petrovsky.
Petrovskyi District
Петровський район | |
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| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast | Donetsk Oblast |
| Area | |
• Total | 62.4 km2 (24.1 sq mi) |
| Population 2001 Ukrainian Census | |
• Total | 85,399 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Budonivskyi District Voroshylovskyi District Kalininskyi District Kyivskyi District Kirovskyi District | Kuibyshevskyi District Leninskyi District Petrovskyi District Proletarskyi District |
It was created in 1937.
Places
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Shakhtar Donetsk training grounds in Kirsha -
Lenin's monument at the Victory Square, 2009 -
Memorial Stele at the Victory Square, 2009 -
Petrovsky's monument in front of the Palace of Cultures, 2009
External links
edit- Petrovsky Raion at the Mayor of Donetsk website
- Petrovsky Raion at the Uzovka website
47°57′N 37°37′E / 47.950°N 37.617°E
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