Marinka Raion (; ) was a
raion
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(
district
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) of
Donetsk Oblast
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(
province
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) located in eastern Ukraine from 1923 to 2020. Its administrative center was the city of
Marinka. The last estimate of the raion population was
History
The district was created in February 1923 as part of
Donets Governorate of the
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
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. In 1932, it became part of the newly created
Donetsk Oblast
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.
[ In 1933, three village councils were transferred from the Stalino (now ]Donetsk
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) city council to Marinka Raion. During World War II
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, the raion was occupied by Nazi Germany
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between October 1941 and September 1943, who committed atrocities against the local population.war in Donbas
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, small eastern parts of Marinka Raion were taken over by the self-styled Donetsk People's Republic
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, a Russian-backed breakaway state
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claiming the territory of all of Ukraine's Donetsk Oblast. Due to the violence, many residents of the raion became refugees, fleeing their homes in eastern Marinka Raion to other parts of Ukraine or to other countries.[ To facilitate administration, both the Ukrainian government and the authorities of the Donetsk People's Republic transferred this area to other administrative units, so that the amended area of the raion remained under control of the government.
The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Donetsk Oblast to eight, of which only five were controlled by the government. The last estimate of the raion population was
]
Demographics
Its population was 90,434 as of the 2001 Ukrainian Census
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, but there was also a Protestant
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community.[
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See also
* Administrative divisions of Ukraine
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References
External links
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Former raions of Donetsk Oblast
1923 establishments in Ukraine
Ukrainian raions abolished during the 2020 administrative reform
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