Petrovske

In 1962, Petrovske was made subordinate to the municipality of Krasnyi Luch.{{cite wikisource|title=Указ ПВР УРСР від 30.12.1962 «Про віднесення в підпорядкування обласних (промислових) Рад депутатів трудящих міських поселень Української РСР»|wslanguage=uk}} Petrovske was granted city status in 1963.{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Петровское (город в Ворошиловградской обл.) |encyclopedia=Great Soviet Encyclopedia |url=http://bse.sci-lib.com/article088758.html|language=ru|trans-title=Petrovske (city in Voroshylovhrad Oblast)}}

In 2014, Petrovske was taken over by the proxy Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) during the war in Donbas,{{cite web|url=http://gkslg.info/files/chisl_0915.pdf|title=Численность населения по состоянию на 1 октября 2015 года по Луганской Народной Республике|publisher=Luhansk People's Republic|language=Russian|accessdate=21 December 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204211939/http://gkslg.info/files/chisl_0915.pdf|archivedate=4 February 2016}} and has since been under de facto Russian occupation.{{Cite news |date=2022-09-12 |title=Few Pupils, Fewer Teachers: Russia Struggles To Set Up 'Potemkin' Schools In Occupied Ukraine |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-struggles-set-up-potemkin-schools-occupied-ukraine/32028577.html |access-date=2024-03-14 |work=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |language=en|quote=A school in the Russian-occupied city of Petrovske, Luhansk region...}} 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.{{Cite web |last=Spaulding |first=Hugo |date=9 April 2015 |title=Ukraine Crisis Update: April 9, 2015 |url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/ukraine-crisis-update-april-9-2015 |access-date=2024-03-18 |website=Institute for the Study of War |language=en}} In 2016, as part of decommunization in Ukraine, Petrovske was renamed to Petrovo-Krasnosillia by the Ukrainian government.{{cite news |title=Рада переименовала Торез, Красный Луч, Краснодон, Свердловск и Стаханов |url=https://rus.lb.ua/news/2016/05/12/334973_rada_pereimenovala_torez_krasniy.html |work=Lb.ua |date=12 May 2016 |language=Russian}} However, due to the occupation of the city by Russia, it is still often referred to by the communist-era name.{{Cite news |title=Ukraine and separatist troops withdraw from Luhansk town – DW – 10/29/2019 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/ukraine-and-separatist-troops-begin-withdrawal-from-luhansk-town/a-51037040 |access-date=2024-03-14 |language=en}} In 2020, Ukraine enacted administrative reforms that officially designated the city as part of Khrustalnyi urban hromada, Rovenky Raion.{{Cite web |title=Хрустальненская городская громада (временно окупировання територия) |url=https://gromada.info/ru/obschina/hrustalnenska/ |access-date=2023-11-10 |website=gromada.info}}{{Cite news |date=2020-07-18 |title=Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ. |language=uk |website=Holos Ukrayiny |url=http://www.golos.com.ua/article/333466 |access-date=2020-10-03}}

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

{{historical populations

|1974|20500

|2013|13260

|2022|12642

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Petrovske's population has declined in recent years, from {{Ua-pop-est2013|13,260}} to 12,642 as of the most recent estimate in 2022.

According to ethnic and native language data from the 2001 Ukrainian census, Ukrainians make up the majority of the population, yet the city is a predominantly Russian-speaking (76.4%), with a significant Ukrainian-speaking minority (22.4%), as well as a much smaller Belarusian-speaking minority (0.1%).{{cite web|url=http://www.ukrcensus.gov.ua |title=Офіційна сторінка Всеукраїнського перепису населення |publisher=Ukrcensus.gov.ua |date= |accessdate=2022-03-16}} The exact ethnic and lingustic composition was as follows:{{Cite web|url=https://socialdata.org.ua/projects/mova-2001|title=Рідні мови в об'єднаних територіальних громадах України|website=socialdata.org.ua}}{{Cite web |title=Національний склад міст |url=https://datatowel.in.ua/pop-composition/ethnic-cities |access-date=2025-04-07 |website=Datatowel.in.ua |language=uk}}{{bar box|title=Ethnic groups in Petrovske|titlebar=#ddd|left1=|right1=percent|bars={{bar percent|Ukrainians|dodgerblue|50.75}}

{{bar percent|Russians|purple|46.21}}

{{bar percent|Tatars|olive|1.71}}

{{bar percent|Belarusians|red|0.61}}

{{bar percent|Moldovans|pink|0.15}}}}

{{bar box|title=Native languages in Petrovske|titlebar=#ddd|left1=|right1=percent|bars={{bar percent|Russian|purple|76.4}}

{{bar percent|Ukrainian|dodgerblue|22.4}}

{{bar percent|Belarusian|red|0.1}}

{{bar percent|others|gray|1.1}}}}

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