The Chernobyl Raion (russian: Чернобыльский район, translit=Chernobyl'skiy rayon) or Chornobyl Raion ( uk, Чорнобильський район, translit=Chornobylskyi raion) was one of 26 administrative raions (districts) of

Kyiv Oblast Kyiv Oblast ( uk, Ки́ївська о́бласть, translit=Kyïvska oblast), also called Kyivshchyna ( uk, Ки́ївщина), is an oblast (province) in central and northern Ukraine. It surrounds, but does not include, the city of Kyiv, w ...

in northern

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. After the

Chernobyl disaster The Chernobyl disaster was a nuclear accident that occurred on 26 April 1986 at the No. 4 nuclear reactor, reactor in the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, near the city of Pripyat in the north of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Ukrainia ...

, the majority of the raion was contaminated, and many of its populated places were included into the

Chernobyl Exclusion Zone The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Zone of Alienation, Belarusian: Хона адчужэння Чарнобыльскай АЭС, ''Zona adčužennia Čarnobyĺskaj AES'', russian: Зона отчуждения Чернобыльской АЭС, ...

, which is an officially designated exclusion area around the site of the disaster.

Geography

The Chernobyl Raion was located in the northern portion of Kyiv Oblast, at the time an administrative portion of the

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

. To the raion's east, it bordered upon the

Kyiv Reservoir The Kyiv Cistern ( uk, Київське водосховище, translit=Kyyivs’ke vodoskhovyshche), locally the Kyiv Sea, is a large water reservoir located on the Dnieper River in Ukraine. Named after the city of Kyiv, which lies to the sout ...

; to its south, the

Vyshhorod Raion Vyshhorod Raion () is a raion (district) in Kyiv Oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center is the city of Vyshhorod. It has a population of On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Kyiv Oblast ...

; to its southwest, the Ivankiv Raion; and to its west, the Poliske Raion, significant portions of which also suffered due to the Chernobyl disaster. Today, the territory of the former raion is administratively part of the

De facto the area of the former raion is located within and is governed by the specially deisgnated

. (prior to the 2020 reform, it was part of the Ivankiv Raion). Prior to its liquidation, the Chernobyl Raion had an area of and a population of 44,000. The

Pripyat River The Pripyat or Prypiat ( , uk, Прип'ять, ; be, Прыпяць, translit=Prypiać}, ; pl, Prypeć, ; russian: Припять, ) is a river in Eastern Europe, approximately long. It flows east through Ukraine, Belarus, and Ukraine ag ...

flows through the territory of the former raion before emptying into the Kyiv Reservoir.

History

The Chernobyl Raion was established in 1923 out of transformation of Radomyslsky County and Chernobyl County ( uyezds) which was created in 1919 within the Kyiv Governorate following an administrative reorganization of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. From its creation in 1923 until 1941, its

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was the

urban-type settlement Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...

Chernobyl Chernobyl ( , ; russian: Чернобыль, ) or Chornobyl ( uk, Чорнобиль, ) is a partially abandoned city in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, situated in the Vyshhorod Raion of northern Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine. Chernobyl is about ...

; after 1941, the settlement's status was upgraded to that of a city of district significance. On 16 November 1988, the Chernobyl Raion was liquidated and merged with the Ivankiv Raion based on a decree of the

Presidium of the Supreme Soviet The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (russian: Президиум Верховного Совета, Prezidium Verkhovnogo Soveta) was a body of state power in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).Ivankiv Raion's administration.

Administrative divisions

Overview

Before it was liquidated, the Chernobyl Raion had one city council (miskrada) under its administration (the administrative center Chernobyl), and 23 rural councils (

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), to which 69 villages were subordinated. There was a total of 70

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in the raion. The city of

Pripyat Pripyat ( ; russian: При́пять), also known as Prypiat ( uk, При́пʼять, , ), is an abandoned city in northern Ukraine, located near the border with Belarus. Named after the nearby river, Pripyat, it was founded on 4 February 1 ...

, which was established in 1970 for workers and families of the

Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (ChNPP; ; ), is a nuclear power plant undergoing decommissioning. ChNPP is located near the abandoned city of Pripyat in northern Ukraine northwest of the city of Chernobyl, from the Belarus–Ukraine bor ...

, was formerly administratively subordinate to the Chernobyl Raion. In 1980, it was given the status of a city of regional significance, administratively subordinate to the Kyiv Oblast authorities rather than the Chernobyl Raion.

Settlements

*Inside the Exclusion Zone:

(city), Andriivka, Benivka,

Buda Buda (; german: Ofen, sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Budim, Будим, Czech and sk, Budín, tr, Budin) was the historic capital of the Kingdom of Hungary and since 1873 has been the western part of the Hungarian capital Budapest, on the ...

, Bychky, Buriakivka, Chapaievka, Cherevach, Chistohalivka, Hlynka, Horodchan, Horodyshche,

Illintsi Illintsi (, ) is a town in Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine. It served as the administrative center of Illintsi Raion, until 2020 one of the ''raions'' (districts) of the oblast. Population: Not far from the town the Ilyinets crater is located. Hist ...

, Ilovnytsia, Ivanivka, Kamianka, Kopachi, Kosharivka, Koshivka,

Kotsiubynske Kotsiubynske ( uk, Коцюбинське) is an urban-type settlement and municipality in Bucha Raion, Kyiv Oblast (province) of Ukraine. The municipality is an enclave and located outside the borders of Kyiv Oblast, instead fully surrounded by t ...

, Krasne/Masheve, Krasne/Tovstyi Lis, Kryva Hora, Kupuvate, Ladyzhychi, Leliv, Masheve, Nova Krasnytsia, Novoshepelychi, Novosilky, Opachychi, Otashiv, Paryshiv, Pliutovyshche, Rozizhdzhe, Rozsokha, Rudky, Rudnia-Illinetska, Rudnia-Veresnia, Stara Krasnytsia,

Stari Shepelychi Stari ( sla, Stari, "Old One") could have multiple meanings: * Stari, a rural locality in Babushkinsky District of Vologda Oblast of Russia. * Stari, a nickname of Đuro Pucar. * Stari, a nickname of Josip Broz Tito Josip Broz ( sh-Cyrl, ...

, Starosillia, Stechanka, Terekhy, Teremtsi, Tovstyi Lis, Usiv, Yampil, Yaniv (until 1980, administered by the city of

), Zalissia, Zamoshnia, Zapillia, Zymovyshche. *Outside the Exclusion Zone: Dytiatky, Fruzynivka, Hubyn, Hornostaipil, Laputky, Medvyn, Strakholissya, Zoryn.

References

External links

* {{Authority control History of Kyiv Oblast Chernobyl Exclusion Zone Former raions of Kyiv Oblast 1923 establishments in Ukraine 1988 disestablishments in Ukraine Vyshhorod Raion