Podilsk

Podilsk Подільськ
City of regional significance
Podilsk railway station
Flag Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 47°44′31″N 29°32′06″E / 47.74194°N 29.53500°E / 47.74194; 29.53500Coordinates: 47°44′31″N 29°32′06″E / 47.74194°N 29.53500°E / 47.74194; 29.53500
Country	Ukraine
Region	Odessa Oblast
Municipality	Podilsk municipality
Area
• Total	25.44 km2 (9.82 sq mi)
Elevation	248 m (814 ft)
Population (2015)
• Total	40,640
• Density	1,600/km2 (4,100/sq mi)
Postal code	66300—314
Area code(s)	+380-4862
Climate	Dfb
Website	www.kotovsk-city.gov.ua

Podilsk (Ukrainian: Подільськ, Romanian: Bârzula), until May 2016 Kotovsk (Ukrainian: Котовськ, is a city in Odessa Oblast, Ukraine. Administratively, Podilsk is incorporated as a town of oblast significance. It also serves as the administrative center of Podilsk Raion, one of twenty-six districts of Odessa Oblast, though it is not a part of the district. Population: 40,640 (2015 est.)^[1] In 2001, population was 40,718 (2001).

History

Birzula, as it was called then, was the capital of the Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic from 1928 to 1929.

The city is known as the place where Soviet military leader Grigori Kotovsky was buried in a mausoleum. In 1935, the city was named after him; formerly the settlement bore the name Birzula. The mausoleum was later destroyed during the Romanian occupation of Transnistria.

The city has a major railway station and depot on the line Odessa—Zhmerinka (stretch Razdelnaya—Poberezhye). The Lenin statue in Kotovsk was pushed off its pedestal and broken into several pieces on December 9, 2013.^[2][3][4]

On 21 May 2016, Verkhovna Rada adopted decision to rename Kotovsk to Podilsk and Kotovsk Raion to Podilsk Raion according to the law prohibiting names of Communist origin.^[5]

Gallery

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  Suputnyk Hotel in Podilsk
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  Podilsk supermarket
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  City park

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