Nikolske Raion (Ukrainian: Нікольський район), until May 2016 Volodarske Raion (Ukrainian: Володарський район), was one of the raions of Donetsk Oblast, located in southwestern Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion was the urban-type settlement of Nikolske. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Donetsk Oblast to eight, of which only five were controlled by the government. The area of the former Nikolske Raion was merged into Mariupol Raion.[1][2] The last estimate of the raion population was 27,337 (2020 est.).[3]
Nikolske Raion
Нікольський район | |
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| Coordinates: 47°12′11″N 37°19′21.5″E / 47.20306°N 37.322639°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Region | Donetsk Oblast |
| Established | 1925 |
| Disestablished | 18 July 2020 |
| Admin. center | Nikolske |
| Subdivisions | List
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| Government | |
| • Governor | Vasyl′ Balabanov |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,221 km2 (471 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total |  27,337 |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Postal index | 87000-87062 |
| Area code | +380 6246 |
On 21 May 2016, Verkhovna Rada adopted decision to rename Volodarske Raion to Nikolske Raion according to the law prohibiting names of Communist origin.[4] The raion center, Volodarske, was previously renamed to Nikolske.[citation needed]
Population edit
Ethnic groups in the raion, according to the 2001 Ukrainian Census:[5]
| Ethnicity | Number | Proportion |
| Ukrainians | 16,494 | 52.9% |
| Russians | 7,538 | 24.2% |
| Greeks | 6,223 | 20.0% |
| Belarusians | 233 | 0.7% |
References edit
- ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
- ^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
- ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2020 року / Population of Ukraine Number of Existing as of January 1, 2020 (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 September 2023.
- ^ "Pro perejmenuvannja dejakih naselenih punktiv" (in Ukrainian). Holos Ukrainy. 21 May 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
- ^ National composition and native language of the Donetsk Oblast.
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