Slovianoserbsk Raion

Slovianoserbsk Raion (Ukrainian: Слов’яносербський район) was a raion (district) in Luhansk Oblast of eastern Ukraine. 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.^[1][2] However, since 2014 the raion was not under control of Ukrainian government and has been part of the Luhansk People's Republic^[3] which continues using it as an administrative unit.^[4] The administrative center of the raion is the urban-type settlement of Slovianoserbsk. The last estimate of the raion population, reported by the Ukrainian government, was 48,102 (2020 est.).^[5]

Slovianoserbskyi Raion Слов'яносербський район
Raion
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Coordinates: 48°40′2″N 38°58′40″E
Country	Ukraine
Region	Luhansk Oblast
Established	1966
Disestablished	18 July 2020
Admin. center	Slovianoserbsk
Subdivisions	List   1 — city councils   5 — settlement councils 9 — rural councils Number of localities:   1 — cities   5 — urban-type settlements 45 — villages   4 — rural settlements
Government
• Governor	Dmytro Sergeev
Area
• Total	1,113 km2 (430 sq mi)
Population  (2020)
• Total	48,102
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index	93700—93747
Area code	+380 6473
Website	http://slov.loga.gov.ua

History

Since 2014, the raion has been controlled by forces of the Luhansk People's Republic.^{[3][better source needed]} To facilitate the governance of Luhansk Oblast during the War in Donbass, the Verkhovna Rada on 7 October 2014 made some changes in the administrative divisions, so that the localities in the government-controlled areas were grouped into districts. In particular, some areas were transferred from Slovianoserbsk Raion to Novoaidar Raion.^{[citation needed]}

Demographics

According to the 2001 census in Ukraine, the town had 61,72% Russian-speakers and 37,54% Ukrainian-speakers.

Ethnicity

• Ukrainians: 65%
• Russians: 32.8%
• Belarusians: 0.7%

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. "Численность населения по состоянию на 1 октября 2015 года по Луганской Народной Республике" (PDF) (in Russian). Luhansk People's Republic. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 February 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
4. "Министерство экономического развития Луганской Народной Республики" (in Russian). Luhansk People's Republic.
5. 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.