Prymorsk Raion

Prymorsk Raion (Ukrainian: Приморський район) is one of the 20 raions (districts) of Zaporizhia Oblast in southern Ukraine. The administrative center of the region is the town of Prymorsk. Population: 31,069(2013 est.)[1].

Prymorskyi Raion

Приморський район
Raion
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Coordinates: 46°50′5.52″N 36°19′15.58″E
Country Ukraine
RegionZaporizhia Oblast
Established1923
Admin. centerPrymorsk
Subdivisions
Government
  GovernorOleksandr Onyshko
Area
  Total1,400 km2 (500 sq mi)
Population
 (2013)
  Total 31,069
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index
72100—72151
Area code+380 6137
Websitehttp://primorskadmin.org.ua

In October 1930 peasant in the raion rioted for three weeks against forced collectivization by the Soviet authorities.[2][nb 1]

Notes

  1. Ukraine, as the Ukrainian SSR, was part of the Soviet Union from 1920 until Ukraine declared its independence from the Soviet Union on 24 August 1991.[3]

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