Kirovskyi District ( uk, Кіровський район) is an urban district of the city of
Donetsk
Donetsk ( , ; uk, Донецьк, translit=Donets'k ; russian: Донецк ), formerly known as Aleksandrovka, Yuzivka (or Hughesovka), Stalin and Stalino (see also: Names of European cities in different languages (C–D), cities' alternat ...
,
Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...
, named after a mayor of the Russian city
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
Sergei Kirov
Sergei Mironovich Kirov (né Kostrikov; 27 March 1886 – 1 December 1934) was a Soviet politician and Bolshevik revolutionary whose assassination led to the first Great Purge.
Kirov was an early revolutionary in the Russian Empire and membe ...
.
Places
File:ДК.jpg, Palace of Culture (Abakumov Mine)
File:Panoramio - V&A Dudush - Торговый центр Дружба(бывшая фабрика игрушек).jpg, Trade Center "Friendship" (former a toy factory)
File:Кировский район Донецка 230.jpg, Lenin monument
File:Ленин на шахте Лидиевка 002.jpg, Lenin at Lidievka Mine
File:Кировский район Донецка 479.jpg, Lenin without hands
File:Бюст Ленина.jpg, Lenin bust
File:Кировский район Донецка 141.jpg, Another Lenin bust
File:Кировский район Донецка 044.jpg, Monument to fighters for the Soviet regime
File:Donetsk stachka.jpg,
External links
Kirov Raionat the Mayor of Donetsk website
Kirov Raionat the Uzovka website
Urban districts of Donetsk
Russification
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