Pokrovsk Raion (; ) is a raion (district) within Donetsk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. Its administrative center is Pokrovsk. It has an area of and its population is approximately
An architectural monument in the raion is the Petropavlovs'ka Church (1840 – village of Krasne), Church of the Birth of the Theotokos () (1799 – urban-type settlement of Novoekonomichne), and the Voznesens'ka Church (1893 – village of Novotroyits'ke). The composer Sergei Prokofiev (1891–1953) was born in Sontsivka.
Subdivisions After the reform in July 2020, the raion consists of 14 hromadas: Avdiivka urban hromada Bilozerske urban hromada Hrodivka settlement hromada Dobropillia urban hromada Kryvorizhzhia rural hromada Kurakhove urban hromada Marinka urban hromada Myrnohrad urban hromada Novohrodivka urban hromada Ocheretyne settlement hromada Pokrovsk urban hromada Selydove urban hromada Shakhove rural hromada Udachne settlement hromada
History
In May 2014, the raion requested a referendum for its absorption into the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, citing the instability in the Donetsk Oblast and order and stability in Dnipropetrovsk. Dnipropetrovsk governor Ihor Kolomoisky said that the oblast was willing to do so, assuming it was popular opinion in the raion.
On 21 May 2016, Verkhovna Rada adopted decision to rename Krasnoarmiisk Raion to Pokrovsk Raion and Krasnoarmiisk to Pokrovsk according to the law prohibiting names of Communist origin.
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Donetsk Oblast was reduced to eight, of which only five were controlled by the government, and the area of Pokrovsk Raion was significantly expanded. The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was
Demographics 44 different nationalities live in Pokrovsk Raion. They include: Ukrainians, Russians, Belarusians, Germans, Azerbaijanis, Crimean Tatars, Moldavians, Armenians, Greeks and others. As of the 2001 Ukrainian census:
PopulationPercentage, % Ukrainian 32,592 86.8 Russian 4,250 11.3 Belarusian 259 0.7
See also Administrative divisions of Donetsk Oblast
References
External links
Verkhovna Rada website – Administrative divisions of the Krasnoarmiiskyi Raion info.dn.ua – Information about the raion