Zavodske, Poltava Oblast

Zavodske (Ukrainian: Заводське, pronounced [zɐwod͡zʲˈsʲkɛ]) is a city in Myrhorod Raion, Poltava Oblast, Ukraine.

[2] Founded in 1928, until 1962 it was known as Stalinka before changing to Chervonozavodske (Ukrainian: Червонозаводське, Russian: Краснозаводское).

It was the site of a large World War II tank battle involving the 2nd SS Panzer Division.

[citation needed] Following the 2015 law on decommunization the city was renamed early February 2016 to its current name Zavodske.

[3] The city is located on the terraces of the left bank of the Sula River in the forest-steppe zone of the Dnieper lowland in the north of the Poltava region - 12 km from the regional center of Lokhvitsa and 160 km from the city of Poltava.