Snihurivka 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 ...

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. Its administrative center was the town of

Snihurivka Snihurivka ( ) is a small city in Bashtanka Raion, Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of . Population: It was occupied by Russia from 19 March 2022 until 10 November 2022. History Snihurivka was a settlement in Kherson ...

. 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 Snihurivka Raion was merged into

Bashtanka Raion Bashtanka Raion () is a raion (district) in Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine. Its administrative center is the city of Bashtanka. Population: On 19 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Mykolaiv Oblast was ...

. The last estimate of the raion population was At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of three

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s, * Horokhivske rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Horokhivske; * Shyroke rural hromada with the administration in the selo of

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; *

Snihurivka urban hromada Snihurivka ( ) is a small city in Bashtanka Raion, Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of . Population: It was Russian occupation of Mykolaiv Oblast, occupied by Russia from 19 March 2022 until 10 November 2022. History Sn ...

with the administration in Snihurivka.

Russian re-establishment and annexation

During the

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, Snihurivka was occupied by Russian forces starting from the 19th of March 2022. In August 2022, Russia decided to re-establish Snihurivka Raion and to transfer it to

Kherson Oblast Kherson Oblast (, ; ), also known as Khersonshchyna (, ), is an administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast (province) in southern Ukraine. It is located just north of Crimea. Its administrative center is Kherson, on the northern or right bank ...

, with Yuriy Barbashov being appointed as the head of the military-civilian administration of Snihurivka Raion. In this capacity, Snihurivka Raion was included in the illegal annexation referendum of Kherson Oblast in September 2022, with the local Russian-appointed authorities participating in the process. A group of locals however protested against the referendum. On 5 October 2022, Yuriy Barbashov stated on Telegram that "Snihurivka remains under the control of Russian troops", while Mykolaiv Oblast Governor Vitalii Kim noted that officials were "seeking to confirm that Russian officers have left but there are troops still remaining there". On the 9th of November, the Russian Defense Minister

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announced the withdrawal of Russian forces from the right bank of the

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. As a consequence, Snihurivka Raion was retaken by Ukrainian troops the next day. Russia however still claims the whole territory of what they consider to be Kherson Oblast.

References

{{Authority control Former raions of Mykolaiv Oblast 1923 establishments in Ukraine Ukrainian raions abolished during the 2020 administrative reform