Raions of Ukraine (often translated as "districts";

Ukrainian Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * So ...

: ра́йон, tr. ''raion''; plural: райо́ни, tr. ''raiony'') are the second level of administrative division in

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inva ...

, below the

oblast An oblast (; ; Cyrillic (in most languages, including Russian and Ukrainian): , Bulgarian: ) is a type of administrative division of Belarus, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Ukraine, as well as the Soviet Union and the Kingdo ...

Raion A raion (also spelt rayon) is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet states. The term is used for both a type of subnational entity and a division of a city. The word is from the French (meaning 'honeycomb, department'), and is c ...

s were created in a 1922 administrative reform of the

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, to which Ukraine, as the

Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...

, belonged. On 17 July 2020, the

Verkhovna Rada The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine ( uk, Верхо́вна Ра́да Украї́ни, translit=, Verkhovna Rada Ukrainy, translation=Supreme Council of Ukraine, Ukrainian abbreviation ''ВРУ''), often simply Verkhovna Rada or just Rada, is the ...

(Ukraine's parliament) approved an administrative reform to merge most of the 490 raions, along with the "

cities of regional significance City of regional significance ( uk, місто обласного значення, ''misto oblasnoho znachennia'') in Ukraine was a type of second-level administrative division or municipality, the other type being raions (districts). In the fi ...

", which were previously outside the raions, into just 136 reformed raions.
Most tasks of the raions (education, healthcare, sport facilities, culture, and social welfare) were taken over by new

hromada A hromada ( uk, територіальна громада, lit=territorial community, translit=terytorialna hromada) is a basic unit of administrative division in Ukraine, similar to a municipality. It was established by the Government of Ukra ...

s, the subdivisions of raions.Where did 354 districts disappear to? Anatomy of loud reform
Glavcom (7 August 2020) The 136 new districts include ten in Crimea, which have been ''de facto'' outside Ukrainian control since the start of the

Russo-Ukrainian War The Russo-Ukrainian War; uk, російсько-українська війна, rosiisko-ukrainska viina. has been ongoing between Russia (alongside Russian separatists in Ukraine) and Ukraine since February 2014. Following Ukraine's Rev ...

in 2014.

Terminology

Districts of cities

Some cities of oblast subordination, along with the two cities of national significance (Kyiv and

Sevastopol Sevastopol (; uk, Севасто́поль, Sevastópolʹ, ; gkm, Σεβαστούπολις, Sevastoúpolis, ; crh, Акъя́р, Aqyár, ), sometimes written Sebastopol, is the largest city in Crimea, and a major port on the Black Sea ...

), are also divided in ''city raions'', also called ''urban raions''. City raions have their own local administration and are subordinated directly to a city. They may contain other cities, towns, and villages.

July 2020 reform

On 17 July 2020, the number of raions in Ukraine was reduced to 136 from the previous 490.

List

Source
New rayons(sic): maps and structure
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Note: the Russian Republic of Crimea continues to use the same administrative divisions. Raions located in the occupied Donbass territories (see below in grey) are currently only ''de jure''.

Autonomous Republic of Crimea

Following the

2014 Crimean crisis In February and March 2014, Russia invaded and subsequently annexed the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine. This event took place in the aftermath of the Revolution of Dignity and is part of the wider Russo-Ukrainian War. The events in Kyiv ...

, the

Autonomous Republic of Crimea The Autonomous Republic of Crimea, commonly known as Crimea, is a de jure autonomous republic of Ukraine encompassing most of Crimea that was annexed by Russia in 2014. The Autonomous Republic of Crimea occupies most of the peninsula,

was annexed by Russia as the Republic of Crimea. The populations in the table are from the latest census, the

Ukrainian Census (2001) The Ukrainian Census of 2001 is to date the only census of the population of independent Ukraine. It was conducted by the State Statistics Committee of Ukraine on 5 December 2001, twelve years after the last Soviet Union census in 1989.

. ;Changes * Nyzhnohirskyi Raion merged into

Bilohirsk Raion Bilohirsk Raion (, , ) is one of the 25 regions of Crimea, currently occupied by Russian Federation. Population: This landlocked region is situated in the foothills of the central Crimea. The raion's administrative centre is the historical town ...

. * Yevpatoria Raion (new) created from Saky Raion, Chornomorske Raion, and

Yevpatoria Yevpatoria ( uk, Євпаторія, Yevpatoriia; russian: Евпатория, Yevpatoriya; crh, , , gr, Ευπατορία) is a city of regional significance in Western Crimea, north of Kalamita Bay. Yevpatoria serves as the administrative ...

. * Kerch Raion (new) created from

Kerch Kerch ( uk, Керч; russian: Керчь, ; Old East Slavic: Кърчевъ; Ancient Greek: , ''Pantikápaion''; Medieval Greek: ''Bosporos''; crh, , ; tr, Kerç) is a city of regional significance on the Kerch Peninsula in the east of t ...

and

Lenine Raion Lenine Raion (russian: Ленинский район, uk, Ленінський район, crh, Yedi Quyu rayonı) is one of the 25 regions of the Crimea, Russia. It is located in the eastern part of the peninsula. The population of the distric ...

. * Perekop Raion (new) created from Krasnoperekopsk,

Armiansk Armiansk ( uk, Армянськ, russian: Армянск, hy, Արմյանսկ, crh, Ermeni Bazar) is a town of regional significance in the northern Crimean peninsula which is ''de facto'' within the Republic of Crimea, a federal subject of th ...

, Krasnoperekopsk Raion, and

Rozdolne Raion Rozdolne Raion ( uk, Роздольненський район, russian: Раздольненский район, crh, Aqşeyh rayonı) is, de facto, one of the 25 regions of the Republic of Crimea within the Russian Federation, though the territo ...

. *

Dzhankoi Raion Dzhankoi Raion (, , ) is one of the 25 regions of Crimea, currently subject to a territorial dispute between the Russian Federation and Ukraine. Population: It is located in the northern part of the Crimean steppe near the Syvash Bay. The city of ...

included the city of Dzhankoi. * Simferopol Raion included the city of

Simferopol Simferopol () is the second-largest city in the Crimean Peninsula. The city, along with the rest of Crimea, is internationally recognised as part of Ukraine, and is considered the capital of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. However, it is ...

. * Feodosia (new) created from

Sovietskyi Raion Sovietskyi Raion (russian: Советский район, uk, Совєтський район, crh, İçki rayonı) is one of the 25 regions of Crimea, currently subject to a territorial dispute between the Russian Federation and Ukraine. The ad ...

Kirovske Raion Kirovske Raion (), known by Ukrainian authorities as the İslâm Terek Rayon (, ) is one of the 25 regions of Crimea, currently subject to a territorial dispute between the Russian Federation and Ukraine. The raion's administrative centre An a ...

Feodosia uk, Феодосія, Теодосія crh, Kefe , official_name = () , settlement_type= , image_skyline = THEODOSIA 01.jpg , imagesize = 250px , image_caption = Genoese fortress of Caffa , image_shield = Fe ...

, and

Sudak Sudak (Ukrainian & Russian: Судак; crh, Sudaq; gr, Σουγδαία; sometimes spelled Sudac or Sudagh) is a town, multiple former Eastern Orthodox bishopric and double Latin Catholic titular see. It is of regional significance in Crimea, ...

. * Yalta Raion (new) created from

Yalta Yalta (: Я́лта) is a resort city on the south coast of the Crimean Peninsula surrounded by the Black Sea. It serves as the administrative center of Yalta Municipality, one of the regions within Crimea. Yalta, along with the rest of Cri ...

and

Alushta Alushta ( uk, Алушта; crh, Aluşta; ) is a city of regional significance on the southern coast of the Crimean peninsula which is within the Republic of Crimea, an internationally recognized ''de jure'' part of Ukraine, but since 2014 a ''de ...

Other oblasts

Notes

References

External links

2001 Ukrainian census, Population Structure

Regions of Ukraine and its composition
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Raions A raion (also spelt rayon) is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet states. The term is used for both a type of subnational entity and a division of a city. The word is from the French (meaning 'honeycomb, department'), and is com ...