Dobropillia Raion

Dobropillia Raion (Ukrainian: Добропільський район, romanized: Dobropil's'kyi raion; Russian: Добропо́льский район, romanized: Dobropol'skiy raion) was a raion (district) within the southwestern part of Donetsk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. Its administrative center was Dobropillia, which was incorporated separately as the town of oblast significance and did not belong to the raion. Its area was 949 km2 (366 sq mi). 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 was 14,901 (2020 est.).[3]

Dobropils'kyi Raion
Добропільський район
Flag of Dobropils'kyi Raion
Coat of arms of Dobropils'kyi Raion
Coordinates: 48°28′59.8656″N 37°0′42.2886″E
Country Ukraine
RegionDonetsk Oblast
Disestablished18 July 2020
Admin. centerDobropillia
Subdivisions
List
  •    — city councils
  •    — settlement councils
  •  — rural councils
  • Number of localities:
       — cities
  •    — urban-type settlements
  • 61 — villages
  •    — rural settlements
Government
  GovernorN/A
Area
  Total949 km2 (366 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
  Total14,901
  Density16/km2 (41/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index
873-XX
Area code380
WebsiteVerkhovna Rada website

Within Dobropillia Raion there were one urban-type settlement (Sviatohorivka - 2,100 inhabitants), 9 selsoviets, and 66 settlements. Also included within the raion were: 17 kolhozy, and 3 sovhozy, 4 industrial organizations, 4 construction organizations, 2 railroad stations, 44 Meduchredzheniy, and 47 libraries.

An architectural monument in the raion was a palace (1887-1914-selo Zelyenoe).

In May 2014, due to the deteriorating situation in the Donetsk Oblast, the raion requested a referendum pertaining to the transfer of Dobropillia Raion into the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, where the situation was more stable. The then Dnipropetrovsk Governor Ihor Kolomoisky announced that the oblast would be willing to do so assuming that is what the citizens want.[4]

Settlements

  • Vodianske
  • Volodymyrivka
  • Virovka
  • Hannivka
  • Zolotyi Kolodiaz
  • Krasnoiarske
  • Kryvorizhia
  • Novyi Donbas
  • Novovodiane
  • Novodonetske
  • Novotoretske
  • Novotroitske
  • Novofedorivka
  • Oktiabrske
  • Rozy Liuksemburh
  • Sviatohorivka
  • Svitle
  • Shevchenko
  • Shylivka

Demographics

As of the 2001 Ukrainian census:[5]

Ethnicity
  • Ukrainians: 89.4%
  • Russians: 8.9%

See also

References

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