Krasnoarmiiskyi Raion

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Krasnoarmiis'kyi Raion
Красноармійський район
Location of Krasnoarmiis'kyi Raion on the map of Ukraine.
General data
Country: Ukraine
Oblast: Donetsk Oblast
Established: N/A
Area: 1,316 km²
Population:
Total:
Density

37,384
N/A p/km²
Area code: 380-XXXX
Postal index: 853-XX
Administrative subdivisions
Center: Dobropillia
Cities: 0
Towns: 3
Villages: 95
Official information
Governor: N/A
Website: Verkhovna Rada website
The Krasnoarmiysky Raion on the map of Donetsk Oblast.

The Krasnoarmiysky Raion (Ukrainian: Красноармійський район; Russian: Красноармейский район) is a raion (district) within Donetsk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. Its administrative center is Krasnoarmiysk, but the city itself is located within the raion. Its population is 37,384 and its area is 1,316 square kilometres.

Within the Dobropilskyi Raion there are: 3 urban-type settlements (Hrodivka, Novoekonomichne, Udachne), 13 selsovets, and 99 settlements. Also included within the raion are: 22 kolkhozy, 7 sovhozy, 5 industrial organizations, 3 hospitals, 36 schools, and 31 libraries.

An architectural monument in the raion is the Petropavlovs'ka Church (1840 - village of Krasne), Church of the Birth of the Theotokos (Russian: церковь Рождества Богородицы) (1799 - urban-type settlement of Novoekonomichne), and the Voznesens'ka Church (1893 - village of Novotroyits'ke). The composer Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) was born here.

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Forty-four different nationalities live in the Krasnoarmiysky Raion. They include: Ukrainians, Russians, Belarusians, Germans, Azerbaijanis, Crimean Tatars, Moldavians, Armenians, Greeks, and others. Eighty percent of the population is composed of Ukrainians.

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