En Name: | Petrovskoye |
Ru Name: | Петровское |
Map Label Position: | bottom |
Federal Subject: | Yaroslavl Oblast |
Adm District Jur: | Rostovsky District |
Inhabloc Cat: | Urban-type settlement |
Pop 2010Census: | 4875 |
Date: | July 2020 |
Petrovskoye (ru|Петро́вское) is an urban locality (a work settlement) in Rostovsky District of Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, situated on a major highway leading from Moscow to the Russian North, about halfway between the towns of Rostov and Pereslavl-Zalessky. Population:
It was first mentioned in a chronicle at 1207. It was granted a town status and renamed Petrovsk in 1777. By the mid-20th century the settlement declined, was demoted in status to that of a rural locality and renamed Petrovskoye. It was granted urban-type settlement status in 1943.