Kazanka 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 urban-type settlement of Kazanka. 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 Kazanka 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

History

In 1923, Kazanka Raion of Kryvyi Rih Okruha, with the administrative center in Kazanka, was established as part of

Yekaterinoslav Governorate Yekaterinoslav Governorate} was an administrative-territorial unit (''guberniya'') of the Russian Empire, with its capital in Yekaterinoslav. Covering an area of , and being composed of a inhabitant of 2,113,674 by the census of 1897, it bordere ...

. In 1925, the governorates were abolished, and okruhas were directly subordinated to Ukrainian SSR. In 1930, okruhas were abolished, and on 27 February 1932,

Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Dnipropetrovsk Oblast (), is an administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast (province) in simultaneously southern, eastern and central Ukraine, the most important industrial region of the country. It was created on February 27, 1932. Dnipropetro ...

was established, and Kazanka Raion was included into Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. On 22 September 1937, Mykolaiv Oblast was established on lands which previously belonged to Dnipropetrovsk and

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s, and Kazanka Raion became part of newly created Mykolaiv Oblast. In 1967, Kazanka was granted urban-type settlement status.

Subdivisions

At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of two

hromada 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, *

Kazanka settlement hromada Kazanka settlement hromada () is a hromada (territorial community) in Ukraine, in Bashtanka Raion of Mykolaiv Oblast. The administrative center is the urban-type settlement Urban-type settlement, abbreviated: ; , abbreviated: ; ; ; ; . is an o ...

with the administration in Kazanka; * Volodymyrivka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Volodymyrivka.

References

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