Kozelets Raion (, ) was one of the 22 administrative raions (a ''district'') of

Chernihiv Oblast Chernihiv Oblast (), also referred to as Chernihivshchyna (), is an administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast (province) in northern Ukraine. The capital city, administrative center of the oblast is the city of Chernihiv. There are 1,511 sett ...

in northern

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. Its

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was located at the urban-type settlement of

Kozelets Kozelets (, ) is a rural settlement in Chernihiv Raion, Chernihiv Oblast, northern Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Kozelets settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Kozelets is located on the Oster River, a tributary of the Dn ...

. Its population was 61,636 in 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.Chernihiv Raion Chernihiv Raion () is a raion (district) of Chernihiv Oblast, northern Ukraine. Its administrative centre is the city of Chernihiv. Population: On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Chernihi ...

. The last estimate of the raion population was

Geography

Kozelets Raion was located in the southwestern part of the Chernihiv Oblast, corresponding to the modern-day boundaries of the Polissia historical regions. To its west and south, it bordered upon

Vyshhorod Vyshhorod (, ; ) is a city in Kyiv Oblast, central Ukraine, situated immediately north of the capital Kyiv, and part of the Kyiv metropolitan area. It is on the right (western) bank of the Dnieper river and, as the location of the Kyiv Hydro ...

and

Brovary Raion Brovary Raion () is a raion (district) in Kyiv Oblast of Ukraine. Its capital (political), administrative center is the town of Brovary. Its population is History In 1923, Brovary Raion was established with its center in Brovary. In 1930, the ra ...

s of

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. Its total area constituted , constituting 8.3 percent of the total area of Chernihiv Oblast.

History

As part of a full-scale administrative reorganization of the

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, the Oster Raion was created on March 7, 1923, as an administrative entity of the

Nizhyn Nizhyn (, ; ) is a city located in Chernihiv Oblast of northern Ukraine along the Oster River. The city is located north-east of the national capital Kyiv. Nizhyn serves as the capital city, administrative center of Nizhyn Raion. It hosts the ...

Okruha; later in July of that year, the Kozelets Raion was also created. During the

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, 508 people died throughout 36 settlements in the Kozelets Raion.

Administrative divisions

At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of four

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s: * Desna settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Desna; * Kipti rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Kipti; * Kozelets settlement hromada with the administration in Kozelets; *

Oster urban hromada Oster (, ; ) is a city in Chernihiv Raion, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine. It is located where the Oster River flows into the Desna. Oster hosts the administration of Oster urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Its population is Today O ...

with the administration in the city of

Oster Oster (, ; ) is a city in Chernihiv Raion, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine. It is located where the Oster River flows into the Desna. Oster hosts the administration of Oster urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Its population is Today O ...

. Kozelets 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, the Kozelets Raion was divided into: * 1 city council—made up of the city of

* 2 settlement councils—made up of the urban-type settlements of Desna and

(administrative center) * 40 village councils Overall, the raion had a total of 111 populated localities, consisting of one city, two urban-type settlements, 106 villages, and 2 rural settlements.

Places of interest

* Mizhrichynskyi Regional Landscape Park * Cathedral of the Nativity in Kozelets

References

External links

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