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Budionnivskyi District, Donetsk

Coordinates: 47°58′00″N 37°51′50″E / 47.96667°N 37.86389°E / 47.96667; 37.86389
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Budionnivskyi District
Будьоннівський район
Country Ukraine
OblastDonetsk City Municipality
Area
 • Total76.64 km2 (29.59 sq mi)
Population
 • Total94,875
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
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

Budionnivskyi District (Ukrainian: Будьоннівський 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.

Slag heaps, locally known as terrikon
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47°58′00″N 37°51′50″E / 47.96667°N 37.86389°E / 47.96667; 37.86389