Bilokurakyne Raion

Bilokurakyne Raion (Ukrainian: Білокуракинський район) was a raion (district) in Luhansk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. The administrative center of the district was the urban-type settlement of Bilokurakyne. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Luhansk Oblast to eight, of which only four were controlled by the government.[1][2] The last estimate of the raion population was 18,307 (2020 est.).[3]

Bilokurakynskyi Raion
Білокуракинський район
Raion
Flag of Bilokurakynskyi Raion
Flag
Coat of arms of Bilokurakynskyi Raion
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 49°37′2″N 38°42′23″E
Country Ukraine
RegionLuhansk Oblast
Established1923
Disestablished18 July 2020
Admin. centerBilokurakyne
Subdivisions
List
  •   0 — city councils
  •   2 — settlement councils
  • 13 — rural councils
  • Number of localities:
      0 — cities
  •   2 — urban-type settlements
  • 49 — villages
  •   1 — rural settlements
Government
 • GovernorOleksandr Didenko
Area
 • Total1,436 km2 (554 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
 • TotalDecrease 18,307
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index
92200—92253
Area code+380 6462
Websitehttp://bk.loga.gov.ua

After the proclamation of the separatist Luhansk People's Republic on 27 April 2014 the province of Luhansk became a battlefield of the War in Donbass.[4] Bilokurakyne Raion stayed under Ukrainian governmental control.[5] The separatist referendum on 11 May on independence was not held in the Raion.[6]

Demographics

As of the 2001 Ukrainian census:[7]

Ethnicity
  • Ukrainians: 90.7%
  • Russians: 8.5%
  • Belarusians: 0.2%

References
  1. "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  2. "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України. 17 July 2020.
  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.
  4. Ukraine crisis timeline, BBC News
  5. Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 4 November 2014, OSCE (5 November 2014)
  6. Any violations allowed in Luhansk Oblast referendum, Kyiv Post (11 May 2014)
  7. "Home". ukrcensus.gov.ua.


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