Novoaidar Raion

Novoaidar Raion (Ukrainian: Новоайдарський район) is a raion (district) in Luhansk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion is the urban-type settlement of Novoaidar. Population: 25,294 (2013 est.)[1].

Novoaidarskyi Raion

Новоайдарський район
Raion
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Coordinates: 48°57′34″N 38°58′32″E
Country Ukraine
RegionLuhansk Oblast
Established1923
Admin. centerNovoaidar
Subdivisions
Government
 • GovernorMykola Zahodyachenko
Area
 • Total1,536 km2 (593 sq mi)
Population
 (2013)
 • Total 25,294
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index
93500—93543
Area code+380 6445
Websitehttp://ndar.loga.gov.ua

History

Starting mid-April 2014 pro-Russian separatists captured several towns and raions in Luhansk Oblast;[2][3] Ukrainian forces reportedly removed the separatists from the last village in the Novoaidar Raion under separatist control, Krymsky, on 20 October 2014.[4]

To facilitate the governance of Luhansk Oblast during the War in Donbass, the Verkhovna Rada on 7 October 2014 made some changes in the administrative divisions, so that the localities in the government-controlled areas were grouped into districts. In particular, the town of Shchastya was transferred from Luhansk Municipality to Novoaidar Raion. Some areas were transferred to the raion from Slovianoserbsk Raion.[5]

Demographics

As of the 2001 Ukrainian census:[6]

Ethnicity
  • Ukrainians: 56.1%
  • Russians: 42.7%
  • Belarusians: 0.4%

References
  1. Чисельність наявного населення України [Actual population of Ukraine] (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  2. https://newrepublic.com/article/117387/putin-accidentally-helping-unite-eastern-and-western-ukraine
  3. http://en.itar-tass.com/world/735082
  4. "Українські військові звільнили Кримське від терористів". IPress. 19 October 2014.
    Krymske in Luhansk region liberated ‘without a shot fired’, UNIAN (20 Oct. 2014)
  5. "Рада изменила границы районов Луганской области" (in Russian). Lenta.ru. 7 October 2014. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
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