Sloviansk_Raion

Sloviansk Raion

Sloviansk Raion

Former subdivision of Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine


Sloviansk Raion (Ukrainian: Слов'янський район) was a raion of Donetsk Oblast, located in southeastern Ukraine. The administrative center of the district was the city of Sloviansk, which was separately incorporated as a city of oblast significance and did not belong to the raion. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Donetsk Oblast to eight, of which only five were controlled by the government.[1][2] The last estimate of the raion population was 45,917 (2020 est.).[3]

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Demographics

According to the 2001 Ukrainian Census:[4]

Ethnicity
Ukrainians34,12187.1%
Russians4,11510.5%
Turks1970.5%
Belarusians1780.5%
Romani people1330.3%

2014 fighting

On 2 May 2014, armed clashes were reported in and around Sloviansk with reported casualties, including killed and wounded, and downed helicopters.[5]


References

  1. "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  2. "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
  3. "Національний склад та рідна мова населення Донецької області" [Ethnic and linguistic composition of Donetsk Oblast] (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 7 February 2012.
  4. "+Live updates on Ukraine's spreading unrest+". DW.DE. Retrieved 9 February 2015.



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