Portselianove

For the city in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast formerly known as Pershotravensk as well, see Shakhtarske, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

Portselianove (Ukrainian: Порцелянове), formerly known as Pershotravensk (Ukrainian: Першотравенськ) is a rural settlement in Zviahel Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine. Its population is 3,261 (2022 estimate).^[1]

Portselianove Порцелянове
Rural settlement
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Zhytomyr Oblast
Raion	Zviahel Raion
Hromada	Baranivka urban hromada
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

History

The settlement arose in the late 19th century, under the name Tokarivka (Ukrainian: Токарівка). In 1910, a large protest took place at the porcelain factory in Tokarivka. Its name was changed to Pershotravensk in 1934.^[2]

Until 26 January 2024, Pershotravensk was designated urban-type settlement. On this day, a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Pershotravensk became a rural settlement.^[3]

On April 3, the Committee on the Organization of State Power, Local Self-government, Regional Development, and Urban Planning [uk] in the Verkhovna Rada stated their support for renaming the settlement to Portselianove.^[4] On 19 September 2024, the Verkhovna Rada voted to rename Pershotravensk to Portselianove.^[5]