Novoaidar Raion

Novoaidar Raion (Ukrainian: Новоайдарський район) was a raion (district) in Luhansk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion was the urban-type settlement of Novoaidar. 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, of which only four were controlled by the government.[1][2] The last estimate of the raion population was 39,700 (2020 est.).[3]

Novoaidarskyi Raion
Новоайдарський район
Raion
Flag of Novoaidarskyi Raion
Flag
Coat of arms of Novoaidarskyi Raion
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 48°57′34″N 38°58′32″E
Country Ukraine
RegionLuhansk Oblast
Established1923
Disestablished18 July 2020
Admin. centerNovoaidar
Subdivisions
List
  •   0 — city councils
  •   1 — settlement councils
  • 14 — rural councils

  • Number of localities:
      0 — cities
  •   1 — urban-type settlements
  • 36 — villages
  •   1 — rural settlements
Government
 • GovernorMykola Zahodyachenko
Area
 • Total1,536 km2 (593 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
 • TotalDecrease 39,700
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index
93500—93543
Area code+380 6445
Websitehttp://ndar.loga.gov.ua

History

Starting mid-April 2014 pro-Russian separatists captured several towns and raions in Luhansk Oblast;[4][5] Ukrainian forces reportedly removed the separatists from the last village of Novoaidar Raion under separatist control, Krymsky, on 20 October 2014.[6]

To facilitate the governance of Luhansk Oblast during the War in Donbass, the Verkhovna Rada on 7 October 2014 made some changes in the administrative divisions, so that the localities in the government-controlled areas were grouped into districts. In particular, the town of Shchastia was transferred from Luhansk Municipality to Novoaidar Raion. Some areas were transferred to the raion from Slovianoserbsk Raion.

Demographics

As of the 2001 Ukrainian census:[7]

Ethnicity
  • Ukrainians: 56.1%
  • Russians: 42.7%
  • Belarusians: 0.4%

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. 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.
  4. Ragozin, Leonid (16 April 2014). "Vladimir Putin is Accidentally Bringing Eastern and Western Ukraine Together". The New Republic.
  5. http://en.itar-tass.com/world/735082
  6. "Українські військові звільнили Кримське від терористів". IPress. 19 October 2014.
    Krymske in Luhansk region liberated ‘without a shot fired’, UNIAN (20 Oct. 2014)
  7. "Home". ukrcensus.gov.ua.


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