Petrovske

Petrovske or Petrovo-Krasnosillia is a city in Khrustalnyi [urban hromada], Rovenky Raion, Luhansk Oblast of Ukraine, currently occupied by Russia. It has a population of

History

In 1962, Petrovske was made subordinate to the municipality of Krasnyi Luch. Petrovske was granted city status in 1963.
In 2014, Petrovske was taken over by the proxy Luhansk People's Republic during the war in Donbas, and has since been under de facto Russian occupation. In April 2015, Petrovske was the sight of intra-rebel infighting, with either LPR proxy forces or actual Russian special forces attempting to violently expel formerly allied Cossack separatists from the city. In 2016, as part of decommunization in Ukraine, Petrovske was renamed to Petrovo-Krasnosillia by the Ukrainian government. However, due to the occupation of the city by Russia, it is still often referred to by the communist-era name. In 2020, Ukraine enacted administrative reforms that officially designated the city as part of Khrustalnyi urban hromada, Rovenky Raion.

Economy

Petrovske has a factory that makes concrete products, along with other industrial enterprises.

Demographics

Petrovske's population has declined in recent years, from to 12,642 as of the most recent estimate in 2022.
According to ethnic and native language data from the Ukrainian census">Ukrainian language">Ukrainian census, Ukrainians make up the majority of the population, yet the city is a predominantly Russian-speaking, with a significant Ukrainian-speaking minority, as well as a much smaller Belarusian-speaking minority. The exact ethnic and linguistic composition was as follows: