Pulyny Raion

Pulyny Raion (Ukrainian: Пулинський район) (until 2016 Chervonoarmiisk Raion, Ukrainian: Червоноармійський район) was a raion (district) of Zhytomyr Oblast, northern Ukraine. Its administrative centre was located at Pulyny. The raion covered an area of 853 square kilometres (329 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 Zhytomyr Oblast to four. The area of Pulyny Raion was merged into Zhytomyr Raion.[1][2] The last estimate of the raion population was 22,193 (2020 est.)[3]

Pulyny Raion
Пулинський район
Raion
Flag of Pulyny Raion
Flag
Coat of arms of Pulyny Raion
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 50°28′28″N 28°16′32″E
Country Ukraine
RegionZhytomyr Oblast
Disestablished18 July 2020
Admin. centerPulyny
Subdivisions
List
  •   0 — city councils
  •   1 — settlement councils
  •  — rural councils

  • Number of localities:
      0 — cities
  •   1 — urban-type settlements
  •  — villages
  •    — rural settlements
Area
 • Total853 km2 (329 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
 • TotalDecrease 22,193
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Area code+380

On 19 May 2016, Verkhovna Rada adopted decision to rename Chervonoarmiisk Raion to Pulyny Raion according to the law prohibiting names of Communist origin.[4]

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.
  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. "Рада переименовала Днепродзержинск в город Каменское и еще ряд населенных пунктов" (in Russian). Interfax Ukraine. 19 May 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2016.


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