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There were 490 raions in 24 oblasts and the Crimea autonomous republic of Ukraine. The number of raions per region (oblast and autonomous republic) varies between 11 and over 20. The average area of a Ukrainian raion before the reform was 1,200 km 2 (463 sq mi). The average population was 52,000.
A raion (Ukrainian: район, romanized: raion; pl. райони, raiony), often translated as district, is the second-level administrative division in Ukraine. Raions were created in a 1922 administrative reform of the Soviet Union, to which Ukraine, as the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, belonged. [1] [nb 1]
An oblast in Ukraine, sometimes translated as region or province, is the main type of first-level administrative division of the country. Ukraine is a unitary state, thus the oblasts do not have much legal scope of competence other than that which is established in the Ukrainian Constitution and by law. Articles 140–146 of Chapter XI of the ...
Koniushkiv (Ukrainian: Конюшків) is a village (selo) in Zolochiv Raion, Lviv Oblast, in western Ukraine. It belongs to Brody urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. [1] From 1918 to 1939 the village was in Tarnopol Voivodeship in Poland. Until 18 July 2020, Koniushkiv belonged to Brody Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 ...
Ruzhyn; Yiddish: רוזשין, Rizhn) is an urban-type settlement in Berdychiv Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine. Prior to the administrative reform of 2020, it served as the administrative centre of the former Ruzhyn Raion. Population: 4,209 (2022 estimate) [1]
Manhush (Ukrainian: Мангуш) is an rural settlement in Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine. It was the administrative seat of Manhush Raion, but is now administered under Mariupol Raion. The population is 7,731 (2022 estimate). [1] The town has been under Russian occupation since March 2022.
Sheptytskyi (Ukrainian: Шептицький, IPA: [ʃepˈtɪtsʲkɪj]), formerly Chervonohrad (Ukrainian: Червоноград, pronounced [tʃerwonoˈɦrɑd] ⓘ), historically Krystynopol, is a mining city and the administrative center of Sheptytskyi Raion, Lviv Oblast of western Ukraine.
Borshchivka (Ukrainian: Борщівка; Russian: Борщовка) is a village in Izium Raion in Kharkiv Oblast of eastern Ukraine, at about 71.1 kilometres (44.2 mi) south-east from the centre of Kharkiv city. The settlement came under attack by Russian forces during the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022. [2]