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Henichesk Raion () is one of the five administrative raions (districts) of
Before the 2020 reform, the raion consisted of one hromada. Henichesk urban hromada with the administration in Henichesk.
Kherson Oblast
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in southern Ukraine
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. Its administrative centre
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is located in the city of Henichesk. Population:
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Kherson Oblast was reduced from 18 to five, and the area of Henichesk Raion was significantly expanded. Three abolished raions, Ivanivka, Nyzhni Sirohozy, and Novotroitske Raions, were merged into Henichesk Raion. The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was
In 2008, the raion had a 10% Crimean Tatar minority, with the Tatar population reaching 50% in two villages. This minority is a result of a 1967 Soviet
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...
decree that restored Tatar rights lost during the 1944 deportation of the Crimean Tatars
The deportation of the Crimean Tatars (, Cyrillic: Къырымтатар халкъынынъ сюргюнлиги) or the ('exile') was the ethnic cleansing and the cultural genocide of at least 191,044 Crimean Tatars that was carried out ...
. Because ''de jure
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'' they were not allowed to return to their Crimea homeland, some Tatars settled in nearby places, including Henichesk Raion.Temporary CrimeaUkrayinska Pravda
''Ukrainska Pravda'' is a Ukrainian socio-political online media outlet founded by Heorhii Gongadze in April 2000. After Gongadze’s death in September 2000, the editorial team was led by co-founder Olena Prytula, who remained the editor-in ...
(20 August 2014) During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
On 24 February 2022, , starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, conflict between the two countries which began in 2014. The fighting has caused hundreds of thou ...
, the raion was captured and occupied by Russia.
Subdivisions
Current
After the reform in July 2020, the raion consisted of 4hromada
In Ukraine, a hromada () is the main type of municipality and the third level Administrative divisions of Ukraine, local self-government in Ukraine. The current hromadas were established by the Cabinet of ministers of Ukraine, Government of Uk ...
s:
* Henichesk urban hromada with the administration in the city of Henichesk, retained from Henichesk Raion;
* Ivanivka settlement hromada with the administration in the rural settlement of Ivanivka, transferred from Ivanivka Raion.
* Novotroitske settlement hromada with the administration in the rural settlement of Novotroitske;
* Nyzhni Sirohozy settlement hromada with the administration in the rural settlement of Nyzhni Sirohozy;
Before 2020
Before the 2020 reform, the raion consisted of one hromada. Henichesk urban hromada with the administration in Henichesk.
Settlements
Settlements in the raion include: * Zelenyi HaiReferences
External links
{{Authority control Raions of Kherson Oblast Crimean Tatars 1923 establishments in Ukraine