Poliske Raion () was a
raion
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(
district
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) of
Kyiv Oblast
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in
Ukraine
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. Its
administrative center
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In countries with French as the administrative language, such as Belgiu ...
was the urban-type settlement of
Krasiatychi. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kyiv Oblast to seven. The area of Poliske Raion was merged into
Vyshhorod Raion
Vyshhorod Raion () is a raion (district) in Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine. Its administrative center is the city of Vyshhorod. It has a population of
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Kyiv Oblast w ...
. The last estimate of the raion population was
At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of one
hromada
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,
with the administration in Krasiatychi.
See also
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Poliske
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Vilcha
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Chernobyl Exclusion Zone
The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Zone of Alienation, also called the 30-Kilometre Zone or simply The Zone, was established shortly after the 1986 Chernobyl disaster in the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union.
Initially, Soviet authorities declar ...
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Former raions of Kyiv Oblast
Chernobyl Exclusion Zone
1923 establishments in Ukraine
Ukrainian raions abolished during the 2020 administrative reform