Sloviansk Raion

Sloviansk Raion (Ukrainian: Слов'янський район) was a raion of Donetsk Oblast, located in southeastern Ukraine. The administrative center of the district was the city of Sloviansk, which was separately incorporated as a city of oblast significance and did not belong to the raion. 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 45,917 (2020 est.).^[3]

Slovianskskyi Raion Слов'янський район
Raion
Flag Coat of arms
Coordinates: 48°54′56.5″N 37°43′18″E
Country	Ukraine
Region	Donetsk Oblast
Established	1923
Disestablished	18 July 2020
Admin. center	Sloviansk
Subdivisions	List    — city councils   4 — settlement councils 12 — rural councils Number of localities:    — cities   4 — urban-type settlements 40 — villages   2 — rural settlements
Government
• Governor	Petro Belokonov
Area
• Total	1,274 km2 (492 sq mi)
Population  (2020)
• Total	45,917
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index	84100-84196
Area code	+380 6262

Demographics

According to the 2001 Ukrainian Census:^[4]

Ethnicity
Ukrainians	34,121	87.1%
Russians	4,115	10.5%
Turks	197	0.5%
Belarusians	178	0.5%
Romani people	133	0.3%

2014 fighting

Main articles: 2014 pro-Russian conflict in Ukraine and Siege of Sloviansk

On 2 May 2014, armed clashes were reported in and around Sloviansk with reported casualties, including killed and wounded, and downed helicopters.^[5]