Budonivskyi District, Donetsk

This article is about a district in city of Donetsk. For an administrative division under similar name in Stavropol Krai, see Budyonnovsky District.
Budonivskyi District
Будьонівський район
Urban district
Country  Ukraine
Oblast Donetsk City Municipality
Area
  Total 76.64 km2 (29.59 sq mi)
Population
  Total 94,875
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Raions of Donetsk on the territory of the Donetsk City Municipality:
  Budonivskyi District
  Voroshylovskyi District
  Kalininskyi District
  Kyivskyi District
  Kirovskyi District
  Kuibyshevskyi District
  Leninskyi District
  Petrovskyi District
  Proletarskyi District

Budonivskyi District (Ukrainian: Будьонівський район) is an urban district of the city of Donetsk, Ukraine, named after Marshal of the Soviet Union Semyon Mikhailovich Budyonny.

It was created in 1980 out of the Proletarskyi, Kirovskyi and Leninskyi districts. The district's name was a revival of the original name of Proletarskyi District.

Monument to Semyon Budyonny
Slag heaps, locally known as terrikon

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Coordinates: 47°57′57″N 37°51′02″E / 47.965801°N 37.850497°E / 47.965801; 37.850497

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