Sovietskyi Raion (, ) or Ichki Raion (, ) was one of the 25 regions of 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,Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders ...

's Republic of Crimea, as it occupies the peninsula. The administrative center of the raion is the

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of Sovietskyi, which is also known as Ichki. Population:

History

2020 Ukrainian administrative reform

In July 2020, Ukraine conducted an administrative reform throughout its de jure territory. This included Crimea; among other changes, Ichki Raion was abolished, and its territories to become a part of

Feodosia Raion The Feodosia Raion or Feodosiiskyi Raion () is a prospective raion (district) of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea in Ukraine. It was created on September 7, 2023 from the territories of Islam-Terek Raion and Ichki Raion. The administrative cent ...

. However, this has not yet been implemented due to the ongoing

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Demographics

As of the Ukrainian national census in 2001, the district had a population of 37,576 inhabitants. The ethnic makeup is diverse, with

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constituting a solid plurality, while

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and

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 ...

make up large minorities. The ethnic compostion was as follows:

References

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