Pershe Travnia (Ukrainian: Пе́рше Тра́вня) is a rural-type settlement in Pokrovsk urban hromada, Pokrovsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.

According to the 2001 Ukrainian census, the population of Pershe Travnia was 698 people. The native languages were 73.35% Ukrainian, 26.22% Russian and 0.14% Gagauz.[1]

Due to the law "On the Condemnation and Prohibition of Propaganda of Russian Imperial Policy in Ukraine and the Decolonization of Toponymy" (in April 2023 signed by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy) every toponomy in Ukraine with the name "Pershe Travnia" (a reference to International Workers' Day) needs to be renamed.[2] According to law this renaming has to take place before 27 January 2024.[2]

References

  1. "Розподіл населення за рідною мовою на ukrcensus.gov.ua". Archived from the original on 31 July 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  2. 1 2 Olena Burseva (4 August 2023). "Novomoskovsk, Pavlograd, Sinelnikove: what else will be renamed in the Dnipropetrovsk region in half a year". Informator (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 1 January 2024.

48°15′24″N 37°08′14″E / 48.25667°N 37.13722°E / 48.25667; 37.13722

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