Zavodske (, ) is a city in

Myrhorod Raion Myrhorod Raion ( uk, Миргородський район; translit.: ''Myrhorods'kyi raion'') is a raion (district) in Poltava Oblast of central Ukraine. The raion's administrative center is the city of Myrhorod. Population: On 18 July 2020, ...

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. It hosts the administration of Zavodske urban hromada, one of the

hromada A hromada ( uk, територіальна громада, lit=territorial community, translit=terytorialna hromada) is a basic unit of administrative division in Ukraine, similar to a municipality. It was established by the Government of Ukra ...

s of Ukraine. Population:

History

Founded in 1928, until 1962 it was known as Stalinka before changing to Chervonozavodske (,

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: Краснозаводское). It was the site of a large

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tank battle involving the

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. Following the 2015 law on decommunization the city was renamed early February 2016 to its current name ''Zavodske''. The city is located on the terraces of the left bank of the Sula River in the forest-steppe zone of the Dnieper lowland in the north of the Poltava region - 12 km from the regional center of Lokhvitsa and 160 km from the city of Poltava. Until 18 July 2020, Zavodske belonged to

Lokhvytsia Raion Lokhvytsia Raion ( uk, Ло́хвицький райо́н; translit.: ''Lóchvyc’kyj Rajón'') was a raion (district) in Poltava Oblast in central Ukraine. The raion's administrative center was the city of Lokhvytsia. The raion was abolished a ...

. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Poltava Oblast to four. The area of Lokhvytsia Raion was merged into Myrhorod Raion.

Objects of social sphere

# Two secondary schools # Vocational school № 32 # Lokhvitsky College of Mechanics and Technology of the Poltava State Agrarian Academy. # Two houses of culture. # Children's music school. # Children's studio "Sonyachny Bunny"

Gallery

File:Place name sign in Chervonozavodske.JPG, City sign File:Chervonozavodske 02.JPG, Residential buildings File:Chervonozavodske 01.JPG, Radio mast File:Chervonozavodske 04.JPG, City library

References

External links

City Chervonozavodske (official webpage)

{{Authority control Cities in Poltava Oblast Populated places established in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Cities of district significance in Ukraine Former Soviet toponymy in Ukraine