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Pokrovsk Raion (post July 2022)
 
Pokrovsk Raion (ante July 2022)

Etymology

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From Russian Покро́вск (Pokróvsk) and Ukrainian Покро́вськ (Pokróvsʹk).

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Pokrovsk

  1. A village, the administrative centre of Selo Pokrovsk rural settlement, Kozelsky Raion, Kaluga Oblast, Central Federal District, Russia.
  2. A deserted hamlet in Mikhaylovskoye rural settlement, Sovetsky Raion, Mari El Republic, Volga Federal District, Russia, uninhabited since 1990.
  3. A village in Troitskoye rural settlement, Kovylkinsky Raion, Republic of Mordovia, Volga Federal District, Russia.
  4. A town, the administrative centre of Khangalassky Ulus, Republic of Sakha, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia, founded as an ostrog in 1682.
    Synonyms: (former, original name) Karaulny Mys, (former name [pre-1941]) Pokrovskoye, (current Yakut name) Pokrovskay
  5. The former name, from 1914 until 1931, of Engels (a city of oblast significance in Saratov Oblast, Volga Federal District, Russia).
  6. The former name, until 1947, of Pokrovsk-Uralsky (an urban-type settlement in Severouralsky urban okrug, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Ural Federal District, Russia).
  7. A city, the administrative centre of the urban hromada and raion of the same name of Donetsk Oblast, the Ukraine, founded in 1875.
    Synonyms: (former, original name [pre-1934]) Hryshyne, Grishino; (former name [1934–1938]) Postysheve, Postyshevo; (former name [1938–1964]) Krasnoarmiiske, Krasnoarmeyskoye; (former name [1964–2016]) Krasnoarmiisk, Krasnoarmeysk
    1. A raion of Donetsk Oblast, the Ukraine, established in 1923 and considerably enlarged in July 2020.
      Synonyms: (former, original name [pre-1934]) Hryshyne, Grishino; (former name [1934–1938]) Postysheve, Postyshevo; (former name [1938–1964]) Krasnoarmiiske, Krasnoarmeyskoye; (former name [1964–2016]) Krasnoarmiisk, Krasnoarmeysk
    2. An urban hromada of the raion of the same name of Donetsk Oblast, the Ukraine, established in June 2020.

Meronyms

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constituent hromady of the raion
constituent settlements of the urban hromada
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