Sloviansk Raion(Ukrainian:Слов'янський район) was a raion ofDonetsk Oblast,located in southeasternUkraine.The administrative center of the district was the city ofSloviansk,which was separately incorporated as acity of oblast significanceand did not belong to the raion. 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.[1][2]The last estimate of the raion population was45,917 (2020 est.).[3]

Slovianskskyi Raion
Слов'янський район
Flag of Slovianskskyi Raion
Coat of arms of Slovianskskyi Raion
Coordinates:48°54′56.5″N37°43′18″E/ 48.915694°N 37.72167°E/48.915694; 37.72167
CountryUkraine
RegionDonetsk Oblast
Established1923
Disestablished18 July 2020
Admin. centerSloviansk
Subdivisions
List
  • — city councils
  • 4 — settlement councils
  • 12 — rural councils

  • Number of localities:
    — cities
  • 4 — urban-type settlements
  • 40 — villages
  • 2 — rural settlements
Government
• GovernorPetro Belokonov
Area
• Total
1,274 km2(492 sq mi)
Population
(2020)
• Total
Decrease45,917
Time zoneUTC+02:00(EET)
• Summer (DST)UTC+03:00(EEST)
Postal index
84100-84196
Area code+380 6262

Demographics

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According to the2001 Ukrainian Census:[4]

Ethnicity
Ukrainians 34,121 87.1%
Russians 4,115 10.5%
Turks 197 0.5%
Belarusians 178 0.5%
Romani people 133 0.3%

2014 fighting

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On 2 May 2014, armed clashes were reported in and around Sloviansk with reported casualties, including killed and wounded, and downed helicopters.[5]

References

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  1. ^"Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ".Голос України(in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18.Retrieved2020-10-03.
  2. ^"Нові райони: карти + склад"(in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
  3. ^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.
  4. ^"Національний склад та рідна мова населення Донецької області"[Ethnic and linguistic composition of Donetsk Oblast] (in Ukrainian). Archived fromthe originalon 7 February 2012.
  5. ^"+Live updates on Ukraine's spreading unrest+".DW.DE.Retrieved9 February2015.