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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.
An Antonov An-26 transport aircraft was shot down by a surface-to-air missile over eastern Ukraine while flying at 6,500 metres (21,300 ft). The Ukrainian defence minister claimed that the altitude is far from the reach of a shoulder-launched missile, suggesting that the aircraft was downed.
The official names of populated places in the country are determined through legislation passed by the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's parliament, often at the request of local authorities. During the last years prior to and in the initial decades after independence, derussification was not actively pursued and primarily resulted from the gradual ...
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.
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 ...
The area of Vysokopillia Raion was merged into Beryslav Raion. [4] [5] The settlement was occupied by Russian forces on 16 March 2022. [6] The Armed Forces of Ukraine recaptured Vysokopillia on 4 September [7] [8] and hoisted the Ukrainian flag near Vysokopillia's hospital as part the 2022 Ukrainian southern counteroffensive. [9]
Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi (Ukrainian: Корсунь-Шевченківський, IPA: [ˈkɔrsʊnʲ ʃeu̯ˈtʃɛnkiu̯sʲkɪj] ⓘ) is a small city located in Cherkasy Raion, Cherkasy Oblast, central Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. [1] The city rests on the banks of ...