Pokrovskoye (russian: Покровское) is a village, it is an administrative center of the
Neklinovsky District
Neklinovsky District (russian: Некли́новский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #340-ZS and municipalLaw #224-ZS district (raion), one of the forty-three in Rostov Oblast, Russia. It is located in the west of the oblast, immediatel ...
of
Rostov Oblast
Rostov Oblast ( rus, Росто́вская о́бласть, r=Rostovskaya oblast, p=rɐˈstofskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located in the Southern Federal District. The oblast has an area of and a populati ...
in
Russia
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. It is also an administrative center of the rural population of Pokrovskoye. Its population is 12369 as of 2010.
History
It was founded in 1769.
The first record about the community, where the village Pokrovskoye is placed now, was made in 1769. A
Ukrainian
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* Something of, from, or related to Ukraine
* Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe
* Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine
* So ...
historian
Dmytro Yavornytsky
Dmytro Ivanovych Yavornytsky ( uk, Дмитро́ Іва́нович Яворни́цький), or Dmitry Ivanovich Yavornitsky (also known as ''Dmitry Evarnitsky'', russian: Дмитрий Иванович Яворницкий; November 6, 1855, ...
(pen name: Evarnitsky) mentions in his “History of the
Zaporozhian Cossacks
The Zaporozhian Cossacks, Zaporozhian Cossack Army, Zaporozhian Host, (, or uk, Військо Запорізьке, translit=Viisko Zaporizke, translit-std=ungegn, label=none) or simply Zaporozhians ( uk, Запорожці, translit=Zaporoz ...
:"
Translation:
In the year 1915 in Pokrovskoye existed 1410 yards, in the bylaw of the peasant citizens were standing 12400 dessiatins (approx. 136 km
2) of land.
Geography
The village lies along the river
Mius
The Mius (, ) is a river in Eastern Europe that flows through Ukraine and Russia. It is long, and has a drainage basin of .Миус , 3 kilometers south-west to the railroad station
Neklinovka.
The distance to the city
Taganrog
Taganrog ( rus, Таганрог, p=təɡɐnˈrok) is a port city in Rostov Oblast, Russia, on the north shore of the Taganrog Bay in the Sea of Azov, several kilometers west of the mouth of the Don River. Population:
History of Taganrog
The ...
adds up to 20 kilometers, to the city
Rostov-on-Don
Rostov-on-Don ( rus, Ростов-на-Дону, r=Rostov-na-Donu, p=rɐˈstof nə dɐˈnu) is a port city and the administrative centre of Rostov Oblast and the Southern Federal District of Russia. It lies in the southeastern part of the East Eu ...
it adds up to 65 kilometers.
Economy
Industry
Milk factory, meat workshop, brick factory, agricultural enterprises are present.
There are deposits of clay, sand, gas etc.
Agriculture
In the region corn, barley, maize, sunflower, vegetables and fruits are being grown.
Cattle, pigs and birds are being bred.
Transportation
The village is connected with the city
Taganrog
Taganrog ( rus, Таганрог, p=təɡɐnˈrok) is a port city in Rostov Oblast, Russia, on the north shore of the Taganrog Bay in the Sea of Azov, several kilometers west of the mouth of the Don River. Population:
History of Taganrog
The ...
and
Rostov-on-Don
Rostov-on-Don ( rus, Ростов-на-Дону, r=Rostov-na-Donu, p=rɐˈstof nə dɐˈnu) is a port city and the administrative centre of Rostov Oblast and the Southern Federal District of Russia. It lies in the southeastern part of the East Eu ...
by the rail road and bus trafficking. There are also transit busses which stop in Pokrovskoye on their ways to
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 ...
,
Ilovaisk
Ilovaisk (, ; ) is a city in Khartsyzk municipality, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. The city is ''de facto'' under the military occupation of Russia and administered by the Donetsk People's Republic.
The city is known as a major regional railroad h ...
and
Khartsyzk
Khartsyzk or Khartsyzsk (, ; rus, Харцызск, p=xɐrˈt͡sɨsk) is a city of regional significance in Ukraine. The city has a population of Population:
History
Starting Mid-April 2014 pro-Russian separatists took control of several t ...
.
Some route busses, the schedule of which is adapted to the departures and arrivals of the trains of the sector “ -
Taganrog
Taganrog ( rus, Таганрог, p=təɡɐnˈrok) is a port city in Rostov Oblast, Russia, on the north shore of the Taganrog Bay in the Sea of Azov, several kilometers west of the mouth of the Don River. Population:
History of Taganrog
The ...
”, circulate through the village.
References
Rural localities in Rostov Oblast
Populated places established in 1769
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