Popasna Raion

Popasna Raion (Ukrainian: Попаснянський район, romanized: Popasnianskyi raion; Russian: Попаснянский район, romanized: Popasnyanskiy rayon) was a raion (district) in Luhansk Oblast of eastern Ukraine. The administrative center was the town of Popasna. Until 30 December 1977, this raion was known as Lysychansk Raion, (Ukrainian: Лисичанський район, romanized: Lysychanskyi raion; Russian: Лисичанский район, romanized: Lisichanskiy rayon) preceding the seat was moved from Lysychansk to Popasna.[1] 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.[2][3] The last estimate of the raion population was 74,028 (2013 est.).[4]

Popasnianskyi Raion
Попаснянський район
Raion
Flag of Popasnyanskyi Raion
Flag
Coat of arms of Popasnyanskyi Raion
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 48°41′43″N 38°25′6″E
Country Ukraine
RegionLuhansk Oblast
Established7 March 1923
Disestablished18 July 2020
Admin. centerPopasna
Subdivisions
List
  •   1 — city councils
  •   7 — settlement councils
  • 3 — rural councils

  • Number of localities:
      1 — cities
  •   7 — urban-type settlements
  • 17 — villages
  •   10 — rural settlements
Government
 • GovernorStanislav Fironov
Area
 • Total1,325 km2 (512 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
 • TotalDecrease 74,028
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index
93300—93354
Area code+380 6474
Websitehttp://pps.loga.gov.ua

During the War in Donbass the Ukrainian authorities lost control over parts of the raion to the Lugansk People's Republic.[5][6]

On 7 October 2014, to facilitate the governance of Luhansk Oblast, the Verkhovna Rada made some changes in the administrative divisions, so that the localities in the government-controlled areas were grouped into districts. In particular, the urban-type settlement of Chornukhyne was transferred to Popasna Raion from Perevalsk Raion, the urban-type settlement of Novotoshkivske from Kirovsk Municipality, and the towns of Hirske and Zolote and the urban-type settlements of Nyzhnie and Toshkivka from Pervomaisk Municipality. The part of Popasna Raion under control of the Lugansk People's Republic were transferred to other administrative units as well before the entirety of the Raion was taken from the forces of the Ukraine.

Demographics

As of the 2001 Ukrainian census:[7]

Ethnicity
  • Ukrainians: 81.1%
  • Russians: 17.5%
  • Belarusians: 0.5%

References
  1. Указ Президії Верховної Ради №2882-IX от 30.12.1977, Про перенесення центру Лисичанського району Ворошиловградської області в місто Попасну і перейменування району на Попаснянський. [Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet No. 2882-IX dated 30 December 1977, On the transfer of the centre of Lysychansk Raion of Voroshilovgrad Oblast to the city of Popasna and the renaming of the district to Popasnyanskyi.]. search.ligazakon.ua. Archived from the original on 2019-08-14. Retrieved 2021-10-05.
  2. "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  3. "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України. 17 July 2020.
  4. Чисельність наявного населення України [Actual population of Ukraine] (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  5. Head of Zolote in Donbas: Gray zone shrinks with liberated village, UNIAN (2 July 2018)
  6. "Без крыши над головой: как помогают, оставшимся без дома жителям Луганщины". tribun.com.ua (in Russian). Retrieved 2017-08-05.
  7. "Home". ukrcensus.gov.ua.


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