Rivne Oblast (), also referred to as Rivnenshchyna (), is an

oblast An oblast ( or ) is a type of administrative division in Bulgaria and several post-Soviet states, including Belarus, Russia and Ukraine. Historically, it was used in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union. The term ''oblast'' is often translated i ...

in western

Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the nor ...

. Its

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Rivne Rivne ( ; , ) is a city in western Ukraine. The city is the administrative center of Rivne Oblast (province), as well as the Rivne Raion (district) within the oblast.

. The surface area of the region is . Its population is: Before its annexation by the

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during

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, the region was part of the

Second Polish Republic The Second Polish Republic, at the time officially known as the Republic of Poland, was a country in Central and Eastern Europe that existed between 7 October 1918 and 6 October 1939. The state was established in the final stage of World War I ...

's Wołyń Voivodeship following the

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. Previously it was part of the

Volhynian Governorate Volhynia Governorate, also known as Volyn Governorate, was an administrative-territorial unit (''guberniya'') of the Southwestern Krai of the Russian Empire. It consisted of an area of and a population of 2,989,482 inhabitants. The governorate ...

. The Rivne Nuclear Power Plant is located in the oblast, near the city of Varash.

Geography

The region is located almost in the middle of the historical region of Volhynia which is indicated on its coat of arms with a white cross on a red background. Volhynia was completely partitioned after the Soviet occupation of Poland in September 1939 and divided between three oblasts, Volyn, Rivne, and

Ternopil Ternopil, known until 1944 mostly as Tarnopol, is a city in western Ukraine, located on the banks of the Seret River. Ternopil is one of the major cities of Western Ukraine and the historical regions of Galicia and Podolia. The populatio ...

, with some additional eastern portions in

Zhytomyr Oblast Zhytomyr Oblast (), also referred to as Zhytomyrshchyna (), is an Administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast (province) in northwestern Ukraine. The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Zhytomyr. Its population is approximately H ...

. The relief of the region varies, its northern portion lies in the Polesian Lowland, while its southern is located within

Volhynian Upland The Volhynian Upland () is an Upland (geology), upland in western Ukraine, with its small northwestern part stretching into eastern Poland. The Podolian Upland and the Volhynian Upland are sometimes grouped together as the Volhynian-Podolian Upla ...

. The highest hills known as Povcha Upland reach over 350 meters. The main water artery of the region is river

Horyn The Horyn or Haryn (, ; , ; ; ) is a tributary of the Pripyat, which flows through Ukraine and Belarus. The Horyn is long, and has a drainage basin of .Prypiat. Big portions of the oblast covered in woodlands. It also has a great deal of such excavated minerals like

amber Amber is fossilized tree resin. Examples of it have been appreciated for its color and natural beauty since the Neolithic times, and worked as a gemstone since antiquity."Amber" (2004). In Maxine N. Lurie and Marc Mappen (eds.) ''Encyclopedia ...

and

basalt Basalt (; ) is an aphanite, aphanitic (fine-grained) extrusive igneous rock formed from the rapid cooling of low-viscosity lava rich in magnesium and iron (mafic lava) exposed at or very near the planetary surface, surface of a terrestrial ...

. In recent years (2016–2017) there were reports of illegal extraction of so called Rovno amber in the area. File:Rivne oblast detail map.png, Detailed map of Rivne Oblast File:Rivne_Oblast_2020_subdivisions.jpg, Subdivisions of Rivne Oblast

Administrative divisions

On 19 July 2020, the number of raions was reduced to four. These are: #

Dubno Raion Dubno Raion () is a raion (district) in Rivne Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is located in Dubno. Population: On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Rivne Oblast was reduce ...

(Дубенський район), the center is in the city of

Dubno Dubno (, ) is a List of cities in Ukraine, city and List of hromadas of Ukraine, municipality located on the Ikva River in Rivne Oblast (oblast, province) of western Ukraine. It serves as the capital city, administrative center of Dubno Raion ...

; # Rivne Raion (Рівненський район), the center is in the city of

Rivne Rivne ( ; , ) is a city in western Ukraine. The city is the administrative center of Rivne Oblast (province), as well as the Rivne Raion (district) within the oblast.

; # Sarny Raion (Сарненський район), the center is in the city of Sarny; # Varash Raion (Вараський район), the center is in the city of Varash. Until 19 July 2020, Rivne Oblast was administratively subdivided into 16 raions (

district A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municip ...

s) as well as 4 cities (

municipalities A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

) which are directly subordinate to the oblast government:

, Varash, Ostroh, and the administrative center of the oblast,

Rivne Rivne ( ; , ) is a city in western Ukraine. The city is the administrative center of Rivne Oblast (province), as well as the Rivne Raion (district) within the oblast.

Demographics

According to the 2001 Ukrainian census, ethnic Ukrainians accounted for 95.9% of the population of Rivne Oblast,

ethnic Russians Russians ( ) are an East Slavs, East Slavic ethnic group native to Eastern Europe. Their mother tongue is Russian language, Russian, the most spoken Slavic languages, Slavic language. The majority of Russians adhere to Eastern Orthodox Church ...

for 2.6%, and ethnic Belarusians for 1.0%. Rivne is one of the regions with the highest birth rate in all of Ukraine. However the birth rate is not uniform across Rivne, with raions like Ostroh having extremely low birth rates (9.7 per 1000) and other raions like Rokytne Raion having extremely high birth rates (24.0 per 1000).

Vital statistics by raion (2008)

According to

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the

population Population is a set of humans or other organisms in a given region or area. Governments conduct a census to quantify the resident population size within a given jurisdiction. The term is also applied to non-human animals, microorganisms, and pl ...

of Rivne Oblast Central Office at 1 January 2013 is 1,156,900 people. In 2012, it increased by 2612 people. This was due to natural increase 4014 people at the same time reduce the migration of the population -1,402 people. Compared to 2011, the volume of natural growth increased by 485 people. Natural movement of the population in 2012 was characterized by an increase in fertility and mortality, compared to 2011. In 2012, the number of

births Birth is the act or process of bearing or bringing forth offspring, also referred to in technical contexts as parturition. In mammals, the process is initiated by hormones which cause the muscular walls of the uterus to contract, expelling the f ...

in the region was 619 more than in 2011. Fertility in

rural area In general, a rural area or a countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities. Typical rural areas have a low population density and small settlements. Agricultural areas and areas with forestry are typically desc ...

s is higher than in urban areas (18 per cent against 13.5 per cent). The

total fertility rate The total fertility rate (TFR) of a population is the average number of children that are born to a woman over her lifetime, if they were to experience the exact current age-specific fertility rates (ASFRs) through their lifetime, and they were t ...

for 2012 was 15.9. Compared to 2011, the mortality rate in 2012 rose from 12.3 to 12.4 deaths per 1,000 inhabitants. The mortality rate in rural areas is 1.6 pa za higher than in urban areas.

Language

The Russification of Ukraine carried out during the Soviet era had little to no effect on the Rivne Oblast: the share of Ukrainian-speakers in the region in 1959—1989 fluctuated around 92—95%. Native language of the population of Rivne Oblast according to the results of population censuses: Native language of the population of the raions and cities of Rivne Oblast according to the 2001 Ukrainian census: Ukrainian is the only official language on the whole territory of Rivne Oblast. According to a poll conducted by ''

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'' from 16 November to 10 December 2018 as part of the project «Portraits of Regions», 87% of the residents of Rivne Oblast believed that the Ukrainian language should be the only state language on the entire territory of Ukraine. 8% believed that Ukrainian should be the only state language, while Russian should be the second official language in some regions of the country. 3% believed that Russian should become the second state language of the country. 2% found it difficult to answer. On 2 May 2024, Rivne Oblast Council approved the «Oblast Targeted Programme to Ensure Comprehensive Development and Functioning of the Ukrainian Language as the State Language in All Spheres of Public Life in Rivne Oblast for 2024—2026», the main objectives of which are to strengthen the positions of the Ukrainian language in various spheres of public life in the oblast and to Ukrainianize the refugees from other regions of Ukraine. According to the research of the ''Content Analysis Centre'', conducted from 15 August to 15 September 2024, the topic of which was the ratio of Ukrainian and Russian languages in the Ukrainian segment of

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, 93.0% of posts from Rivne Oblast were written in Ukrainian (86.3% in 2023, 85.2% in 2022, 53.6% in 2020), while 7.0% were written in Russian (13.7% in 2023, 14.8% in 2022, 46.4% in 2020). After Ukraine declared independence in 1991, Rivne Oblast, as well as Ukraine as a whole, experienced a gradual

Ukrainization Ukrainization or Ukrainisation ( ) is a policy or practice of increasing the usage and facilitating the development of the Ukrainian language and promoting other elements of Ukrainian culture in various spheres of public life such as education, ...

of the education system, which had been Russified during the Soviet era. Dynamics of the ratio of the languages of instruction in general secondary education institutions in Rivne Oblast: According to the

State Statistics Service of Ukraine State Statistics Committee of Ukraine (, ''Derzhavnyi Komitet Statystyky Ukrainy'') is the government agency responsible for collection and dissemination of statistics in Ukraine. For brevity, it was also referred to as ''Derzhkomstat''. In 2010, ...

, in the 2023—2024 school year, all 164,344 pupils in general secondary education institutions in Rivne Oblast were studying in classes where Ukrainian was the language of instruction. —

Age structure

: ''0-14 years:'' 19.7% (male 116,507/female 110,834) : ''15-64 years:'' 68.2% (male 385,381/female 402,566) : ''65 years and over:'' 12.1% (male 45,796/female 94,724) (2013 official)

Median age

: ''total:'' 35.2 years : ''male:'' 32.8 years : ''female:'' 37.5 years (2013 official)

Points of interest

The some listed historic-cultural sites were nominated for the Seven Wonders of Ukraine. * Ostroh Castle * Trinity Monastery (Korets) * Dubno Castle * Spring of St. Anna * Tarakaniv Fort * Novomalyna Castle * Rivne Nuclear Power Plant *

Battle of Berestechko The Battle of Berestechko (Ukrainian language, Ukrainian: Битва під Берестечком, Polish language, Polish: ''Bitwa pod Beresteczkiem''; 28 June – 10 July 1651) was fought between the Cossack Hetmanate and Crimean Khanate ag ...

Field * Narrow-gauge railway ( Tunnel of Love)

Nomenclature

Most of Ukraine's oblasts are named after their capital cities, officially referred to as "oblast centers" (, translit. ''oblasnyi tsentr''). The name of each oblast is a relative

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, formed by adding a feminine

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to the name of respective center city: ''Rivne'' is the center of the ''Rivnens'ka oblast (Rivne Oblast). Most oblasts are also sometimes referred to in a feminine noun form, following the convention of traditional regional place names, ending with the suffix "-shchyna", as is the case with the Rivne Oblast, ''Rivnenshchyna''. Before 1992, under the policy of

Russification Russification (), Russianisation or Russianization, is a form of cultural assimilation in which non-Russians adopt Russian culture and Russian language either voluntarily or as a result of a deliberate state policy. Russification was at times ...

, the region was officially known under its Russian name of Rovno Oblast.

Gallery

File:Таракановский форт.jpg, Tarakaniv Fort File:Kostel sv.Ioana Chrestytelia v Dubrovyci.jpg, Church of St. John the Baptist in Dubrovytsia File:Ostroh Academy.jpg, Ostroh Academy File:Дубенський замок, вигляд з боку р.Іква.jpg, Dubno Castle File:Castle (Novomalyn).jpg, Chapel of Novomalyn Castle File:Вид на фосфатні гори.jpg, Phosphate mountains File:Базальтове.jpg, Basalt Columns File:Захід сонця на озері Нобель.jpg, Nobel National Nature Park

External links

- Web-site of Rivne

References

{{Authority control Oblasts of Ukraine States and territories established in 1939 1939 establishments in Ukraine

Geography

Administrative divisions

Demographics

Vital statistics by raion (2008)

Language

Age structure

Median age

Points of interest

Nomenclature

Gallery

See also

External links

References