Starobesheve Raion

Former subdivision of Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, in use by the Donetsk People's Republic
Raion in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine
Starobeshivskyi Raion
Старобешівський район
Raion
Flag of Starobeshivskyi Raion
Flag
Coat of arms of Starobeshivskyi Raion
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 47°45′12″N 38°1′54″E / 47.75333°N 38.03167°E / 47.75333; 38.03167
Country Ukraine
OblastDonetsk Oblast
Established1923
Disestablished18 July 2020
Admin. centerStarobesheve
Subdivisions
List
  •   1 — city councils
  •   2 — settlement councils
  • 11 — rural councils

  • Number of localities:
      1 — cities
  •   2 — urban-type settlements
  • 48 — villages
  •   9 — rural settlements
Government
 • GovernorVasyl′ Pan′ko
Area
 • Total1,282 km2 (495 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
 • TotalDecrease 49,313
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index
87200—87272
Area code+380 6253

Starobesheve Raion (Ukrainian: Старобешівський район) was one of the raions of Donetsk Oblast, located in southeastern Ukraine. Its administrative center was the urban-type settlement of Starobesheve.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.[1][2] The last estimate of the raion population, reported by the Ukrainian government, was 49,313 (2020 est.).[3]

Since 2014, the raion has not been under control of the Ukrainian government and has been controlled by the Donetsk People's Republic militant group [which?], which continues using it as an administrative unit.[4]

Demographics

According to the 2001 Ukrainian Census:[5]

Ethnicity
Ukrainians 29,170 52.1%
Russians 17,761 31.7%
Greeks 7,491 13.4%
Belarusians 397 0.7%
Azerbaijanis 241 0.4%
Germans 171 0.3%
Armenians 122 0.2%

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. ^ "Мероприятия, запланированные на 2020 год в сферах жилищно-коммунального хозяйства и строительства" (in Russian). Donetsk People's Republic.
  5. ^ Національний склад та рідна мова населення Донецької області [Ethnic and linguistic composition of Donetsk Oblast] (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 7 February 2012.