Beryslav Raion () is one of the five administrative raions (a ''district'') of

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 ...

in southern

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. Its

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is located in the city of Beryslav. Its population was 55,976 as of the

2001 Ukrainian Census The 2001 Ukrainian census 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.administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Kherson Oblast was reduced to five, and the area of Beryslav Raion was significantly expanded. Three raions (

Novovorontsovka Novovorontsovka (; ) is a rural settlement in Beryslav Raion, Kherson Oblast, southern Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Novovorontsovka settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Novovorontsovka is located on the right bank of th ...

, Velyka Oleksandrivka, and Vysokopillia Raions) were abolished and their territories were merged into an enlarged Beryslav Raion.

Subdivisions

Current

After the reform in July 2020, the raion consisted of 11

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s: * Beryslav urban hromada with the administration in the city of Beryslav, retained from Beryslav Raion; * Borozenske rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Borozenske, transferred from Velyka Oleksandrivka Raion; * Kalynivske settlement hromada with the administration in the

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of Kalynivske, transferred from Velyka Oleksandrivka Raion; * Kochubeivka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of , transferred from Vysokopillia Raion; * Mylove rural hromada with the administration in the selo of

Mylove Mylove (, ; ) is a village in Beryslav Raion, within Kherson Oblast, Ukraine. It was established in 1781. Mylove hosts the administration of Mylove rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Mylove was occupied by the Russian military ...

, retained from Beryslav Raion; * Novooleksandrivka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Novooleksandrivka, transferred from Novovorontsovka Raion; * Novoraisk rural hromada with the administration in the settlement of Novoraisk, retained from Beryslav Raion; * Novovorontsovka settlement hromada with the administration in the rural settlement of

, transferred from Novovorontsovka Raion; * Tiahynka rural hromada with the administration in the settlement of Tiahynka, retained from Beryslav Raion; * Velyka Oleksandrivka settlement hromada with the administration in the rural settlement of Velyka Oleksandrivka, transferred from Velyka Oleksandrivka Raion. * Vysokopillia settlement hromada with the administration in the rural settlement of

Vysokopillia Vysokopillia or Vysokopillya (, ; ) is a rural settlement in Beryslav Raion, Kherson Oblast, southern Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Vysokopillia settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Vysokopillia is located between the v ...

, transferred from Vysokopillia Raion;

Before 2020

Before the 2020 reform, the raion consisted of four hromadas: * Beryslav urban hromada with the administration in Beryslav; * Mylove rural hromada with the administration in Mylove; * Novoraisk rural hromada with the administration in Novoraisk; * Tiahynka rural hromada with the administration in Tiahynka. Beryslav Raion was divided in a way that followed the general administrative scheme in Ukraine.

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was also organized along a similar scheme nationwide. Consequently, raions were subdivided into

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s, which were the prime level of administrative division in the country. Each of the raion's urban localities administered their own councils, often containing a few other villages within its jurisdiction. However, only a handful of rural localities were organized into councils, which also might contain a few villages within its jurisdiction. Accordingly, Beryslav Raion was divided into: * 1 city council—made up of the city of Beryslav (administrative center) * 1 settlement council—made up of the urban-type settlement of Kozatske * 29 village councils Overall, the raion had a total of 43 populated localities, consisting of one city, one urban-type settlement, 34 villages, and seven rural settlements.

Geography

Beryslav Raion is located in the central part of Kherson Oblast on the right-bank of the

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and the Kakhovka Reservoir. Geographically, it lies in the lowland immediately before the

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History

Beryslav Raion was first established on March 7, 1923 as part of a full-scale administrative reorganization of the

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. During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, almost the whole of Beryslav Raion was initially occupied by Russian forces, apart from a few villages in the north of the raion. However, by late October 2022 the majority of the rural districts had been re-taken by Ukrainian forces, although the city of Beryslav remained in Russian hands as of 29 October. The rest of the raion was retaken on 10 November 2022, when the Russian troops withdrew from the right bank of the Dnieper.

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