Pershotravensk Explained

Official Name:Pershotravensk
Native Name:Ukrainian: Першотравенськ
Mapsize:250px
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Oblast
Subdivision Name1:Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
Subdivision Type2:Raion
Subdivision Name2:Synelnykove Raion
Established Title:Established
Established Date:1954
Established Title1:City status
Established Date1:1966
Population As Of:2022
Population Total:27099
Pushpin Map:Ukraine Dnipropetrovsk Oblast#Ukraine
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Pershotravensk
Coordinates:48.3475°N 36.4017°W
Elevation M:132
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:52800—52899
Area Code:+380-5633
Subdivision Type3:Hromada
Subdivision Name3:Pershotravensk urban hromada

Pershotravensk (pronounced as /uk/) is a city and municipality in Synelnykove Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast (province) of Ukraine. It has a population of

History

Pershotravensk has its origins in 1954 as a mining village named Shakhtarske that grew up around the mines that were built in the area, in Pavlohrad Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. On 6 May 1960 Shakhtarske was given the status of an urban-type settlement and renamed Pershotravensk. It received city status on 26 February 1966.[1] Pershotravensk was also incorporated as a city of oblast significance, meaning that it was subordinated directly to Dnipropetrovsk Oblast instead of to Pavlohrad Raion within the oblast.

On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast to seven, the city of Pershotravensk was merged into Synelnykove Raion.[2] [3] In April 2023, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed the law "On the Condemnation and Prohibition of Propaganda of Russian Imperial Policy in Ukraine and the Decolonization of Toponymy", which mandates Pershotravensk's name to be changed, because its current name commemorates the Communist International Workers' Day which is celebrated on 1 May (Persho traven in Ukrainian).[4] According to law this renaming has to take place before 27 January 2024.[4]

Notable people

Notes and References

  1. Encyclopedia: Першотравенськ, Павлоградський район, Дніпропетровська область . . uk.
  2. News: Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ.. 2020-10-03. 2020-07-18. Голос України. uk.
  3. Web site: Нові райони: карти + склад . Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України . Ukrainian.
  4. Web site: Olena Burseva. Новомосковськ, Павлоград, Синельникове: що ще перейменують у Дніпропетровській області за пів року. Novomoskovsk, Pavlohrad, Synelnykove: what else will be renamed in the Dnipropetrovsk region in half a year. 4 August 2023. 1 January 2024. Ukrainian. Informator.