Oleshky Raion () Formerly called Tsiurupynsk Raion, was one of the 18 administrative raions (a ''district'') of

Kherson Oblast Kherson Oblast (, ; ), also known as Khersonshchyna (, ), is an administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast (province) in southern Ukraine. It is located just north of Crimea. Its administrative center is Kherson, on the northern or right bank ...

in southern

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. Its

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was located in the city of

Oleshky Oleshky (, ), previously known as Tsiurupynsk from 1928 to 2016, is a List of cities in Ukraine, city in Kherson Raion, Kherson Oblast, southern Ukraine, located on the left bank of the Dnieper River with the town of Solontsi, Kherson Raion, So ...

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

Kherson Raion Kherson Raion (; ) is a raion (district) of Kherson Oblast, Ukraine. History Kherson Raion was created on 18 July 2020 as part of the reform of administrative divisions of Ukraine. The center of the raion is the city of Kherson. The city of Ole ...

. The last estimate of the raion population was In May 2016, the

Verkhovna Rada The Verkhovna Rada ( ; VR), officially the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, is the unicameralism, unicameral parliament of Ukraine. It consists of 450 Deputy (legislator), deputies presided over by a speaker. The Verkhovna Rada meets in the Verkhovn ...

renamed Tsiurupynsk Raion to Oleshky Raion conform with the law prohibiting names of the communist origin. At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of four

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s: *

Oleshky urban hromada Oleshky urban hromada () is a hromada (community) of Ukraine, in Kherson Raion, Kherson Oblast. Its administrative center is the city Oleshky. Extent and settlements Its area is and its population is 38,313 people, as of 2020. It includes the ...

with the administration in Oleshky; * Velyki Kopani rural hromada with the administration in the

selo ''Selo'' is a Slavic term for a type of village. It may also refer to: Slovenia * Selo, Ajdovščina, a settlement in the Municipality of Ajdovščina, southwestern Slovenia * Selo, Krško, a settlement in the Municipality of Krško, southeaste ...

Velyki Kopani Velyki Kopani (), also known as Bolshie Kopani () is a village ( selo) in southern Ukraine, located in Kherson Raion, Kherson Oblast. It has a population of 5654 people. It is located 44 km from the city of Kherson. It is the administrative ...

; * Vynohradove rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Vynohradove; * Yuvileine rural hromada with the administration in the settlement of Yuvileine.

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