Starobesheve Raion

Starobeshivskyi Raion
Starobeshivskyi Raion; Старобешівський район
	Raion
	Flag Coat of arms
	Coordinates: 47°45′12″N 38°1′54″E
Country	Ukraine
Region	Donetsk Oblast
Established	1923
Admin. center	Starobesheve
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
• Governor	Vasyl′ Pan′ko
Area
• Total	1,282 km2 (495 sq mi)
Population (2013)
• Total	50,675
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index	87200—87272
Area code	+380 6253

Starobesheve Raion (Ukrainian: Старобешівський район) is one of the 33 raions of Donetsk Oblast, located in southeastern Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion is the urban-type settlement of Starobesheve. Population: 50,675 (2013 est.)[1].

One of the towns in the raion is Novyi Svit.[2] On 29 July 2014, Ukrainian forces reportedly secured this town from pro-Russian separatists.[2][3] Starting mid-April 2014 pro-Russian separatists captured several towns in Donetsk Oblast.[4][5]

Demographics

According to the 2001 Ukrainian Census:[6]

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

Чисельність наявного населення України [Actual population of Ukraine] (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
(in Ukrainian) Battalion "Azov" occupied the city Novyi Svit in Donetsk, Ukrayinska Pravda (24 July 2014)
http://www.nrcu.gov.ua/en/148/572407/
https://newrepublic.com/article/117387/putin-accidentally-helping-unite-eastern-and-western-ukraine
http://en.itar-tass.com/world/735082
Національний склад та рідна мова населення Донецької області [Ethnic and linguistic composition of Donetsk Oblast] (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 27 November 2012.

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[ua2013estimate-1] Чисельність наявного населення України [Actual population of Ukraine] (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 21 January 2015.

[NSABr-2] (in Ukrainian) Battalion "Azov" occupied the city Novyi Svit in Donetsk, Ukrayinska Pravda (24 July 2014)

[3] ttp://www.nrcu.gov.ua/en/148/572407/

[4] ttps://newrepublic.com/article/117387/putin-accidentally-helping-unite-eastern-and-western-ukraine

[5] ttp://en.itar-tass.com/world/735082

[6] Національний склад та рідна мова населення Донецької області [Ethnic and linguistic composition of Donetsk Oblast] (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 27 November 2012.