Sverdlovsk Raion

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Sverdlovskyi Raion
Свердловський район
Raion
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Coordinates: 47°56′24″N 39°38′33″E / 47.94000°N 39.64250°E / 47.94000; 39.64250Coordinates: 47°56′24″N 39°38′33″E / 47.94000°N 39.64250°E / 47.94000; 39.64250
Country Ukraine
RegionLuhansk Oblast
Established1938
Admin. centerSverdlovsk
Subdivisions
List
  •   0 — city councils
  •   1 — settlement councils
  • 6 — rural councils

  • Number of localities:
      0 — cities
  •   1 — urban-type settlements
  • 26 — villages
  •   3 — rural settlements
Area
 • Total1,132 km2 (437 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
 • TotalDecrease 11,644
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index
94820—94871
Area code+380 6434
This article is about a subdivision of Luhansk Oblast in the Eastern Ukraine. For other similar subdivisions elsewhere, see Sverdlovsky District.

Sverdlovsk Raion (Ukrainian: Свердловський район) is a raion (district) in Luhansk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion is the town of Sverdlovsk, which is incorporated separately as a city of oblast significance and does not belong to the raion. Since 2014 the raion was not under control of Ukrainian government and has been part of the Luhansk People's Republic[1] which continues using it as an administrative unit.[2] The administrative center of the raion is the city of Sverdlovsk, which previously was incorporated as a city of oblast significance and did not belong to the raion, but in 2015 was merged into the raion. The last estimate of the raion population, reported by the Ukrainian government, was 11,644 (2020 est.)[3], 12,039 (2013 est.)[4].

In 2016, the Verkhovna Rada renamed Sverdlovsk Dovzhansk and Sverdlovsk Raion Dovzhansk Raion, according to the law prohibiting the names of Communist origin. On 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Luhansk Oblast to eight, the raion has been significantly extended.[5][6] The Luhansk People's Republic continues to use the old name and the old area of the raion.

History[]

Since 2014, the raion has been controlled by forces of the Luhansk People's Republic.[1]

Demographics[]

As of the 2001 Ukrainian census:[7]

Ethnicity
  • Ukrainians: 69.9%
  • Russians: 25.9%
  • Belarusians: 0.6%

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Численность населения по состоянию на 1 октября 2015 года по Луганской Народной Республике" (PDF) (in Russian). Luhansk People's Republic. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 February 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
  2. ^ "Министерство экономического развития Луганской Народной Республики" (in Russian). Luhansk People's Republic.
  3. ^ "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  4. ^ Чисельність наявного населення України [Actual population of Ukraine] (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  5. ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  6. ^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України. 17 July 2020.
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