Berezanka Raion () was a subdivision of

Mykolaiv Oblast Mykolaiv Oblast (, ), also referred to as Mykolaivshchyna (, ), is an administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast (province) of Ukraine. The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Mykolaiv. At the most recent estimate, the population ...

Ukraine. Its administrative center was the urban-type settlement of Berezanka. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Mykolaiv Oblast to four. The area of Berezanka Raion was merged into

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. The last estimate of the raion population was

History

In the 19th century, the area belonged to

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. On 16 April 1920,

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split off, and Odessky Uyezd was moved to Odessa Governorate. In 1923,

uyezd An uezd (also spelled uyezd or uiezd; rus, уе́зд ( pre-1918: уѣздъ), p=ʊˈjest), or povit in a Ukrainian context () was a type of administrative subdivision of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, the Tsardom of Russia, the Russian Empire, the R ...

s in

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were abolished, and the governorates were divided into okruhas. In 1923, Anatolivka Raion of Odessa Okruha, with the administrative center in Anatolivka, was established. In the same year, the center of the raion was moved to Tylihulo-Berezanka, and later raion was renamed Tylihulo-Berezanka. In 1925, the governorates were abolished, and okruhas were directly subordinated to Ukrainian SSR. In 1926, Tylihulo-Berezanka was renamed Berezanka. In 1930, okruhas were abolished, and on 27 February 1932,

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was established, and Tylihulo-Berezanka Raion was included into Odessa Oblast. On 22 September 1937, Mykolaiv Oblast split off Odessa Oblast, and Tylihulo-Berezanka Raion became part of newly created Mykolaiv Oblast. In January 1963, during the abortive Khrushchyov administrative reform, Tylihulo-Berezanka Raion was abolished and split between

Mykolaiv Mykolaiv ( ), also known as Nikolaev ( ) is a List of cities in Ukraine, city and a hromada (municipality) in southern Ukraine. Mykolaiv is the Administrative centre, administrative center of Mykolaiv Raion (Raions of Ukraine, district) and Myk ...

and

Ochakiv Raion Ochakiv Raion () was a subdivision of Mykolaiv Oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center was the city of Ochakiv, which was incorporated separately as a city of oblast significance and did not belong to the raion. The raion was abolished on 18 ...

s. In 1966, Berezanka Raion was re-established in the area previously occupied by Tylihulo-Berezanka Raion.

Subdivisions

At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of two

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s, * Berezanka settlement hromada with the administration in Berezanka; * Kobleve rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Kobleve.

References

{{Authority control Former raions of Mykolaiv Oblast States and territories established in 1923 States and territories disestablished in 1963 States and territories established in 1966 1923 establishments in the Soviet Union Ukrainian raions abolished during the 2020 administrative reform