Yelanets Raion () was located in

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 urban-type settlement of Yelanets. 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 Yelanets Raion was merged into

Voznesensk Raion Voznesensk Raion () is a raion (district) in Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine. Its administrative center is the town of Voznesensk. Population: History In 1923, uyezds in Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic were abolished, and the governorates were divi ...

. The last estimate of the raion population was

History

In 1926, Yelanets Raion of Mykolaiv Okruha, with the administrative center in Yelanets, was established. The okruhas were directly subordinated to

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. In 1930, okruhas were abolished. In 1935, Yelanets Raion was transferred to

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. On 22 September 1937, Mykolaiv Oblast was established on lands which previously belonged to

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and Odessa Oblasts, and Yelanets Raion became part of newly created Mykolaiv Oblast. In 1968, Yelanets was granted urban-type settlement status. At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of one

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, Yelanets settlement hromada with the administration in Yelanets.

References

{{Authority control Former raions of Mykolaiv Oblast States and territories established in 1926 1926 establishments in Ukraine Ukrainian raions abolished during the 2020 administrative reform