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
Raion
Flag Coat of arms
Coordinates: 48°28′59.8656″N 37°0′42.2886″E
Country	Ukraine
Region	Donetsk Oblast
Disestablished	18 July 2020
Admin. center	Dobropillia
Subdivisions	List    — city councils    — settlement councils  — rural councils Number of localities:    — cities    — urban-type settlements 61 — villages    — rural settlements
Government
• Governor	N/A
Area
• Total	949 km2 (366 sq mi)
Population  (2020)
• Total	14,901
• Density	16/km2 (41/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index	873-XX
Area code	380
Website	Verkhovna 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

• Administrative divisions of Donetsk Oblast

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. "Dnipropetrovsk region willing to take over parts of Donetsk, Luhansk regions - May. 12, 2014". 12 May 2014.
5. Національний склад та рідна мова населення Донецької області. Розподіл постійного населення за найбільш численними національностями та рідною мовою по міськрадах та районах (in Ukrainian), archived from the original on 2012-02-07

External links

• (in Ukrainian) Verkhovna Rada website - Administrative divisions of the Dobropillia Raion