Krasnodon Raion

Krasnodon Raion (Ukrainian: Краснодонський район) was a raion (district) in Luhansk Oblast of eastern Ukraine. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Luhansk Oblast to eight.[1][2] However, since 2014 the raion was not under control of Ukrainian government and has been part of the Luhansk People's Republic[3] which continues using it as an administrative unit.[4] The administrative center of the raion is the city of Krasnodon, which previously was incorporated as a city of oblast significance and did not belong to the raion, but in 2015 was merged into the raion. The last estimate of the raion population, reported by the Ukrainian government, was 28,943 (2020 est.)[5].

Krasnodonskyi Raion
Краснодонський район
Raion
Flag
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 48°22′51″N 39°40′36″E
Country Ukraine
RegionLuhansk Oblast
Established1938
Disestablished18 July 2020
Admin. centerKrasnodon
Subdivisions
List
  •   0 — city councils
  •   5 — settlement councils
  • 10 — rural councils

  • Number of localities:
      0 — cities
  •   5 — urban-type settlements
  • 47 — villages
  •    — rural settlements
Government
 • GovernorOleksandr Kravtsov
Area
 • Total100 km2 (40 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total 28,943
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index
94415—94493
Area code+380 6462
Websitehttp://kd.loga.gov.ua/

Since 2014, the raion has been controlled by forces of the Luhansk People's Republic.[3] In 2016, the Verkhovna Rada renamed it Sorokyne Raion (Ukrainian: Сорокинський район), implementing the law prohibiting names of Communist origin. The name is not recognized locally.

Demographics

As of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:[6]

Ethnicity
  • Russian: 51.7%
  • Ukrainian: 45.9%
  • Belarusians: 0.9%
Language

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. 17 July 2020.
  3. "Численность населения по состоянию на 1 октября 2015 года по Луганской Народной Республике" (PDF) (in Russian). Luhansk People's Republic. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 February 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
  4. "Министерство экономического развития Луганской Народной Республики" (in Russian). Luhansk People's Republic.
  5. 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.
  6. http://www.ukrcensus.gov.ua


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