Mezhova Raion () was a

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(district) of

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 ...

, southeastern-central

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. Its administrative centre was located at the

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Mezhova Mezhova (; ) is a rural settlement in Synelnykove Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Mezhova settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: History Until 18 July 2020, Mezhova was the adminis ...

. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast to seven. The area of Mezhova Raion was merged into

Synelnykove Raion Synelnykove Raion () is a Raions of Ukraine, raion (district) of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, southeastern-central Ukraine. Its administrative centre is located at Synelnykove. Population: On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukrai ...

. The last estimate of the raion population was . At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of three

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s: *

Mezhova settlement hromada Mezhova (; ) is a rural settlement in Synelnykove Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Mezhova settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: History Until 18 July 2020, Mezhova was the adminis ...

with the administration in Mezhova; * Novopavlivka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Novopavlivka; * Slovianka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Slovianka.

Notable People

Ivan Chernoknizhny (1890-1928) –

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in the

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(RIAU) under

Nestor Makhno Nestor Ivanovych Makhno (, ; 7 November 1888 – 25 July 1934), also known as Bat'ko Makhno ( , ), was a Ukrainians, Ukrainian anarchist revolutionary and the commander of the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine during the Ukrainian War o ...

was native to the region.

References

{{Authority control Former raions of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast 1923 establishments in Ukraine Ukrainian raions abolished during the 2020 administrative reform