Sverdlovsk Raion
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Sverdlovskyi Raion
Свердловський район | |
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Coordinates: 47°56′24″N 39°38′33″E / 47.94000°N 39.64250°E | |
Country | Ukraine |
Region | Luhansk Oblast |
Established | 1938 |
Admin. center | Sverdlovsk |
Subdivisions | List
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Area | |
• Total | 1,132 km2 (437 sq mi) |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 11,644 |
Postal index | 94820—94871 |
Area code | +380 6434 |
Sverdlovsk Raion (
History
Sverdlovsk Raion was created in 1938, soon after the founding of Sverdlovsk itself by the amalgamation of several local mining villages.[3] In 1962, Sverdlovsk was designated as a city of oblast significance; while it still served as the administrative center of Sverdlovsk Raion, it was no longer part of it, and was instead subordinated directly to Luhansk Oblast. Portions of the raion were also split off and transferred to Krasnodon Raion and Antratsyt Raion.[4]
Territories of Luhansk Oblast have been the subject of fighting by Russian and
In 2016, the Verkhovna Rada renamed Sverdlovsk to Dovzhansk and Sverdlovsk Raion to Dovzhansk Raion, in accordance with the decommunization law, prohibiting the names of Communist origin.[citation needed] 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 was abolished and reformed as a new Dovzhansk Raion, with its territory significantly extended.[5][6] Russia continues to use the old name and the old area of the raion.[citation needed]
Population
Demographics
As of the
- Ethnicity
- Ukrainians: 69.9%
- Russians: 25.9%
- Belarusians: 0.6%
References
- ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2020 року / Population of Ukraine Number of Existing as of January 1, 2020 (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 September 2023.
- ^ Чисельність наявного населення України [Actual population of Ukraine] (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 2014-02-02. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ^ "Свердловськ, Свердловський район, Луганська область". Історія міст і сіл Української РСР (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-11-07.
- ^ "Свердловськ, Свердловський район, Луганська область (продовження)". Історія міст і сіл Української РСР (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-11-16.
- ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
- ^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України. 17 July 2020.
- ^ "Home". ukrcensus.gov.ua.