Rozdolne Raion

Raion in Crimea, Disputed:

Rozdolne raion Aqşeyh rayonı
Raion
Village (selo) Syeverne, Rozdolnensky District
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Raion location within Crimea
Country	Disputed: Ukraine (de jure) Russia (de facto)
Republic	Crimea
Capital	Rozdolne
Subdivisions	List 0 cities 2 towns 39 villages
Area
• Total	1,231 km² (475 sq mi)
Population (2014)
• Total	30,633
• Density	25/km² (64/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK)
Dialing code	+380-6553
Website	http://razdolnoe.rk.gov.ru

Rozdolne Raion (Ukrainian: Роздольненський район, Russian: Раздольненский район, Crimean Tatar: Aqşeyh rayonı) is, de facto, one of the 25 regions of the Republic of Crimea within the Russian Federation, though the territory is recognized by a majority of countries as part of Ukraine as the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. Its administrative center is the urban-type settlement of Rozdolne. Population: 30,633 (2014 Census).^[1]

2020 Ukrainian Administrative Reform

In July 2020, Ukraine conducted an administrative reform throughout its de jure territory. This included Crimea, which was at the time occupied by Russia, and is still ongoing as of October 2023. Crimea was reorganized from 14 raions and 11 municipalities into 10 raions, with municipalities abolished altogether.

Rozdolne Raion was abolished, and its territories to become a part of Perekop Raion, but this has not yet been implemented due to the ongoing Russian occupation.^[2]

Demographics

According to the 2001 Ukrainian census, the raion had a population of 37,185. Ukrainians and Russians are the two biggest ethnic groups in the district, accounting for roughly 40% of the population respectively. Crimean Tatars constitute a significant minority. Rural areas are often Ukrainian-speaking, while the Russian language is used by the vast majority in population centers. Crimean Tatar is spoken by a significant share of the population in almost every settlement and dominates in three settlements in the district. The historic Black Sea German population mostly migrated to Germany under the right of return as Spätaussiedler, or still resides in Siberia and Kazakhstan, to where they got deported in 1941.^[3]^[4]

Ethnic groups
			percent
Russians			41.1%
Ukrainians			40.1%
Crimean Tatars			13.3%
Belarusians			1.4%
Tatars			0.9%
Armenians			0.7%
Poles			0.4%
Uzbeks			0.3%
Moldovans			0.2%
Azerbaijanis			0.2%

Native languages
			percent
Russian			64.0%
Ukrainian			20.8%
Crimean Tatar			12.6%
Armenian			0.5%
Belarusian			0.4%
Moldovan			0.1%
others			1.6%

Notable people

Dmytro Brovkin (born 1984), Ukrainian football player born in Kukushkine

References

^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2014). "Таблица 1.3. Численность населения Крымского федерального округа, городских округов, муниципальных районов, городских и сельских поселений" [Table 1.3. Population of Crimean Federal District, Its Urban Okrugs, Municipal Districts, Urban and Rural Settlements]. Федеральное статистическое наблюдение «Перепись населения в Крымском федеральном округе». ("Population Census in Crimean Federal District" Federal Statistical Examination) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів". Офіційний вебпортал парламенту України (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-10-16.
^ https://web.archive.org/web/20120828162929/http://sf.ukrstat.gov.ua/perepis1.htm#_jaz
^ https://socialdata.org.ua/projects/mova-2001/

Administrative divisions of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea (before 2020)

Capital: Simferopol

Raions

Municipalities

Cities

Regional	Alushta Armiansk Dzhankoi Feodosia Kerch Krasnoperekopsk / Yany Kapu Saky Simferopol Sudak Yalta Yevpatoria
District	Alupka Bakhchysarai Bilohirsk Shcholkine Staryi Krym