Petrovskyi District ( uk, Петровський район) is an urban district of the city of
Donetsk, under the control of de facto
Donetsk People's Republic
The Donetsk People's Republic ( rus, Донецкая Народная Республика, Donetskaya Narodnaya Respublika, dɐˈnʲetskəjə nɐˈrodnəjə rʲɪˈspublʲɪkə; abbreviated as DPR or DNR, rus, ДНР) is a Territorial ...
, named after a Soviet political figure
Grigoriy Petrovsky
Grigory Ivanovich Petrovsky (russian: Григо́рий Ива́нович Петро́вский, uk, Григо́рій Іва́нович Петро́вський, translit=Hryhorii Ivanovych Petrovskyi) (3 February 1878 - 9 January 1958) wa ...
.
It was created in 1937.
Places
File:Donetsk Kirsha Training Centre 1.jpg, Shakhtar Donetsk training grounds in Kirsha
File:Ленин на площади Победы 2.jpg, Lenin's monument at the Victory Square, 2009
File:Площадь Победы 001.jpg, Memorial Stele at the Victory Square, 2009
File:Памятник Петровскому 009.jpg, Petrovsky's monument in front of the Palace of Cultures, 2009
External links
Petrovsky Raionat the Mayor of Donetsk website
Petrovsky Raionat the Uzovka website
Urban districts of Donetsk
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