| Pokrovsk Raion | |
| Native Name: | Покровський район |
| Native Name Lang: | uk |
| Settlement Type: | Raion |
| Flag Alt: | Flag of Pokrovsk Raion |
| Shield Alt: | Coat of arms of Pokrovsk Raion |
| Coordinates: | 48.2597°N 37.3767°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Oblast |
| Subdivision Type2: | Raion |
| Parts Type: | Subdivisions |
| Parts: | 14 hromadas |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Seat Type: | Admin. center |
| Seat: | Pokrovsk |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Ruslan Trebushkin |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 4020 |
| Population Total: | 386451 |
| Population As Of: | 2022 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | EET |
| Utc Offset1: | +02:00 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | EEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +03:00 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal index |
| Postal Code: | 853-XX |
| Area Code Type: | Area code |
| Area Code: | 380 |
| Website: | Verkhovna Rada website |
Pokrovsk Raion (uk|Покровський район|Pokrovskyi raion; ru|Покровский район|Pokrovsky rayon) is a raion (district) within Donetsk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. Its administrative center is Pokrovsk. It has an area of and its population is approximately
An architectural monument in the raion is the Petropavlovs'ka Church (1840 – village of Krasne), Church of the Birth of the Theotokos (uk|церква Різдва Богородиці) (1799 – urban-type settlement of Novoekonomichne), and the Voznesens'ka Church (1893 – village of Novotroyits'ke). The composer Sergei Prokofiev (1891–1953) was born here.
After the reform in July 2020, the raion consists of 14 hromadas:
In May 2014, the raion requested a referendum for its absorption into the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, citing the instability in the Donetsk Oblast and order and stability in Dnipropetrovsk. Dnipropetrovsk governor Ihor Kolomoisky said that the oblast was willing to do so, assuming it was popular opinion in the raion.
On 21 May 2016, Verkhovna Rada adopted decision to rename Krasnoarmiisk Raion to Pokrovsk Raion and Krasnoarmiisk to Pokrovsk according to the law prohibiting names of Communist origin.[1]
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Donetsk Oblast was reduced to eight, of which only five were controlled by the government, and the area of Pokrovsk Raion was significantly expanded. [2] [3] The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was
44 different nationalities live in Pokrovsk Raion. They include: Ukrainians, Russians, Belarusians, Germans, Azerbaijanis, Crimean Tatars, Moldavians, Armenians, Greeks and others. As of the 2001 Ukrainian census: