Oleshky Raion

Oleshky Raion (Ukrainian: Олешківський район) Formerly called Tsiurupynsk Raion, was one of the 18 administrative raions (a district) of Kherson Oblast in southern Ukraine. Its administrative center was located in the city of Oleshky. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kherson Oblast to five. The area of Oleshky Raion was merged into Kherson Raion.^[1][2] The last estimate of the raion population was 70,128 (2020 est.)^[3]

Oleshky Raion Олешківський район
Raion
Flag Coat of arms
Coordinates: 46°31′59.8944″N 33°1′19.7112″E
Country	Ukraine
Region	Kherson Oblast
Established	1923
Disestablished	18 July 2020
Admin. center	Oleshky
Subdivisions	List   1 — city councils   2 — settlement councils 12 — rural councils Number of localities:   1 — cities   2 — urban-type settlements 23 — villages   5 — rural settlements
Government
• Governor	Dmytro Osypov
Area
• Total	1,800 km2 (700 sq mi)
Population  (2020)
• Total	70,128
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index	75100—75145
Area code	+380 5542

In May 2016, the Verkhovna Rada renamed Tsiurupynsk Raion to Oleshky Raion conform with the law prohibiting names of the communist origin.^[4]

At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of four hromadas:^[5]

• Oleshky urban hromada with the administration in Oleshky;
• Velyki Kopani rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Velyki Kopani;
• Vynohradove rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Vynohradove;
• Yuvileine rural hromada with the administration in the settlement of Yuvileine.

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. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 September 2023.
4. Чисельність наявного населення України (in Ukrainian). State Service of Statistics. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
5. "Олешківська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.