Slobidskyi District
Слобідський район | |
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Country | Ukraine |
Oblast | Kharkiv Oblast |
Government | |
• Head of Administration | Vyacheslav Ilyenko (Kernes Bloc — Successful Kharkiv) |
Area | |
• Total | 24.3 km2 (9.4 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 146,850 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Slobidskyi District (Ukrainian: Слобідський район) is an urban district of the city of Kharkiv, Ukraine, named after historical eastern region of Ukraine, Sloboda Ukraine.
The district was created in 1940 as Kominternivskyi after the Kharkiv Locomotive Factory of Komintern (today Malyshev Factory. In May 2016 it was renamed to its current name to comply with decommunization laws.[1]