Prymorsk Raion

For other uses, see Prymorskyi District.

Prymorsk Raion (Ukrainian: Приморський район) was one of the raions (districts) of Zaporizhzhia Oblast in southern Ukraine between 1923 and 2020. The administrative center of the region was the city of Prymorsk. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Zaporizhzhia Oblast to five. The area of Prymorsk Raion was merged into Berdiansk Raion. The last estimate of the raion population was 28,866 (2020 est.).^[1]

Prymorskyi Raion Приморський район
Raion
Flag Coat of arms
Coordinates: 46°50′5.52″N 36°19′15.58″E
Country	Ukraine
Region	Zaporizhzhia Oblast
Established	1923
Disestablished	18 July 2020
Admin. center	Prymorsk
Subdivisions	List   1 — city councils   0 — settlement councils 15 — rural councils Number of localities:   1 — cities   0 — urban-type settlements 26 — villages    — rural settlements
Government
• Governor	Oleksandr Onyshko
Area
• Total	1,400 km2 (500 sq mi)
Population  (2020)
• Total	28,866
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index	72100—72151
Area code	+380 6137
Website	http://primorskadmin.org.ua

History

The raion was created in 1923 during the time of the Soviet Union, under the name Nohaisk Raion (Ukrainian: Ногайський район). At the time, Prymorsk was known as Nohaisk.^[2] In October 1930 peasants in the raion rioted for three weeks against forced collectivization by the Soviet authorities.^[3]

It received the name Prymorsk Raion in 1964, when Nohaisk was renamed Prymorsk. In 1967, Prymorsk became a city of regional significance; while it still served as the administrative center of the raion, it was no longer subordinate to it, instead being subordinate directly to Zaporizhzhia Oblast within the Ukrainian SSR.^[2]

The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Zaporizhzhia Oblast to five. The area of Prymorsk Raion was merged into Berdiansk Raion.^[4][5]

Administrative divisions

At the time of its abolition, Prymorsk Raion was divided into three hromadas:^[6]

• Kolarivka rural hromada, centered in the village Bolharka (now Sofiivka)
• Novooleksiivka rural hromada, centered in the village Novooleksiivka [uk]
• Prymorsk urban hromada, centered in Prymorsk

References

1. 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.
2. "ПРИМОРСЬК, ПРИМОРСЬКИЙ РАЙОН, ЗАПОРІЗЬКА ОБЛАСТЬ". The History of Cities and Villages of the Ukrainian SSR.
3. (in Ukrainian) IN ZAPOROZHYE REGION WILL ESTABLISH A MEMORIAL SIGN TO ANTIKOLHOSPIN REBELS, Ukrayinska Pravda (10 July 2018)
4. "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
5. "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
6. "Приморський район". Децентралізація в Україні. Retrieved 2023-12-07.