Petrovskoye 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. Population:
History
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.