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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.
Raions (Ukrainian: район; pl. райони) are smaller territorial units of subdivision in Ukraine. There are 136 raions. [12] Following the December 2019 draft constitutional changes submitted to the Verkhovna Rada by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, 136 new raions have replaced the former 490 raions of Ukraine. [13]
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 ...
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 ...
During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian troops entered and took over Myhailivka. People later went out to protest this and planted a Ukrainian flag in the town square. [3] [4] [unreliable source] Until 26 January 2024, Mykhailivka was designated urban-type settlement. On this day, a new law entered into force which abolished this ...
Lubianka (Ukrainian: Луб'янка, romanized: Lub'yanka) is a village in Bucha Raion, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine, situated to the north-west of the capital city Kyiv. It belongs to Bucha urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. [1] Until 18 July 2020, Lubianka belonged to Borodianka Raion. The raion was abolished that day as part of the ...
Voroniv (Ukrainian: Воронів; Polish: Woronów), is a selo located in western Ukraine. It is part of the Sheptytskyi Raion, Lviv Oblast, and is situated approximately 10 km from the western border with Poland. Voroniv belongs to Belz urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. [1] Until 18 July 2020, Voroniv belonged to Sokal Raion ...