Petrovskoye (Russian: 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.
[6] 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.