Petrovka (disambiguation)

Petrovka (disambiguation)

Petrovka ("Петровка") is a wide-spread Russian geographical name, which can particularly mean:

* Petrovka Street, in downtown Moscow
* Petrovka, Kazakhstan, and various other villages and neighborhoods throughout Russia and CIS
* Petrovka settlement, a Bronze Age settlement found near the above-mentioned village, and "Sintashta-Petrovka-Arkaim", a sub-culture of the Andronovo culture, related to this settlement

*"Petrovka" may also be the Russian folklore name for the Orthodox holiday of St. Peter

* For the similar term in Ukrainian, see Petrivka.


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