Rozdolne Raion (, , ) is a district (

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) within the

Autonomous Republic of Crimea The Autonomous Republic of Crimea is a ''de jure'' administrative division of Ukraine encompassing most of Crimea that was unilaterally annexed by Russia in 2014. The Autonomous Republic of Crimea occupies most of the peninsula,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 ...

, but since 2014 occupied and incorporated by the Russian Federation as the Republic of Crimea. Despite

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 ...

's administrative reform, which aimed at more than halving the number of districts in

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, Russia continues to use the original boundaries of the

, and administers it as one of 25 districts in total. Its administrative center is the

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of Rozdolne. Population: AR Crimea 2020 subdivisions

2020 Ukrainian Administrative Reform

In July 2020, Ukraine conducted an administrative reform throughout its de jure territory. This included Crimea, which was at the time occupied by Russia, and is still ongoing as of October 2023. Crimea was reorganized from 14 raions and 11 municipalities into 10 raions, with municipalities abolished altogether. Rozdolne Raion was abolished, and its territories to become a part of Perekop Raion, but this has not yet been implemented due to the ongoing Russian occupation.

Demographics

According to the

2001 Ukrainian census The 2001 Ukrainian census is to date the only census of the population of independent Ukraine. It was conducted by the State Statistics Committee of Ukraine on 5 December 2001, twelve years after the last Soviet Union census in 1989.raion A raion (also spelt rayon) is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet states. The term is used for both a type of subnational entity and a division of a city. The word is from the French (meaning 'honeycomb, department'), and is c ...

had a population of 37,185.

Ukrainians Ukrainians (, ) are an East Slavs, East Slavic ethnic group native to Ukraine. Their native tongue is Ukrainian language, Ukrainian, and the majority adhere to Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Orthodoxy, forming the List of contemporary eth ...

and

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 ...

are the two biggest ethnic groups in the district, accounting for roughly 40% of the population respectively.

Crimean Tatars Crimean Tatars (), or simply Crimeans (), are an Eastern European Turkic peoples, Turkic ethnic group and nation indigenous to Crimea. Their ethnogenesis lasted thousands of years in Crimea and the northern regions along the coast of the Blac ...

constitute a significant minority. Rural areas are often Ukrainian-speaking, while the

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is used by the vast majority in population centers. Crimean Tatar is spoken by a significant share of the population in almost every settlement and dominates in three settlements in the district. The historic Black Sea German population mostly migrated to

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under the

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as ''Spätaussiedler'', or still resides in

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and

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, to where they got deported in 1941.

Settlements in the district

Notable people

* Oleksandr Artemenko (born 1987), Ukrainian football player * Volodymyr Balukh (born 1971), Ukrainian nationalist, political activist and businessman * Dmytro Brovkin (born 1984), Ukrainian football player *

Serhiy Kovalets Serhiy Ivanovych Kovalets (; born 5 September 1968) is a Ukrainian former footballer and current manager of Podillya Khmelnytskyi. Playing career Kovalets began his playing career in youth sports schools of Podolia region Berdychiv and Krasyl ...

(born 1968), Ukrainian football player and current manager of Inhulets Petrove * Ruslan Mamutov (1993-2022), Ukrainian football player

References

Raions of Crimea {{Crimea-geo-stub