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The
Ukrainian raion was abolished for a third and final time on 18 July 2020 as part of the decentralizing administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Luhansk Oblast to eight, of which only four were controlled by the government.
1045:[Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet No. 2882-IX dated 30 December 1977, On the transfer of the centre of Lysychansk Raion of Voroshilovgrad Oblast to the city of Popasna and the renaming of the district to Popasnyanskyi.].
545:, Popasna was completely destroyed by Russia and the LPR, who began an occupation of what remained of the city. In March 2023, legal documents of the Luhansk People's Republic - which by that point had been explicitly
530:. This resulted in the area of the raion increasing by 14,174 hectares. The part of Popasna Raion under control of the Luhansk People's Republic were transferred to other administrative units as well.
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The unrecognized
Luhansk People's Republic continued to use Popasna Raion as a nominal administrative division for the next few years, despite not controlling Popasna. In 2022, during the
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made some changes in its administrative divisions, so that the localities in the government-controlled areas were grouped into districts. In particular, the urban-type settlement of
1042:Указ Президії Верховної Ради №2882-IX от 30.12.1977, Про перенесення центру Лисичанського району Ворошиловградської області в місто Попасну і перейменування району на Попаснянський.
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1117:"Про зміни в адміністративно-територіальному устрої Луганської області, зміну і встановлення меж Перевальського і Попаснянського районів Луганської області"
839:
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By 2013, the population had shrunk to 40,620. Of that number, 31,180 (76.76%) lived in urban areas, and 9,440 (23.24%) lived in rural areas.
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by Russia - stopped using
Popasna Raion as an administrative unit, due to the extreme level of destruction of the city and its surroundings.
951:ЗЗРРСУУ/1936/34/Про утворення Боково-Антрацитівського, Дзержинського, Кагановичського, Сніжнянського та Харцизького районів Донецької обл…
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455:. On 3 June 1938, a large portion of Donetsk Oblast, including Kahanovych Raion, was split off to create Voroshilovhrad Oblast (now
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997:Указ ПВР УРСР від 12.6.1944 «Про перейменування Кагановичського району, Ворошиловградської області та Орджонікідзевського району…»
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828:Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2020 року / Population of Ukraine Number of Existing as of January 1, 2020
470:. On 30 December 1977, Lysychansk Raion was renamed to Popasna Raion, when its seat was moved from Lysychansk to Popasna.
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58:
974:Указ Президиума ВС СССР от 03.06.1938 о разделении Донецкой области УССР на Сталинскую и Ворошиловградскую области
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879:
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304:
284:
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678:, the population of Popasna Raion was 50,559. The self-reported ethnic distribution of the raion was:
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338:
856:
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1020:Указ Президії Верховної Ради УРСР від 30.12.1962 «Про укрупнення сільських районів Української РСР»
793:
527:
416:. In December 1924, the administrative center was moved to Popasna, and the raion was renamed to
358:
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that began in 2014, the
Ukrainian authorities lost control over parts of Popasna Raion to the
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428:. In February 1932, Popasna Raion was abolished, in connection with the establishment of the
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On 30 December 1962, the raion was abolished again, and its territory transferred to
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905:ЗЗРРСУУ/1930/1/23/Про ліквідацію округ та перехід на двоступневу систему управління
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1169:(in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України. 17 July 2020.
1142:"Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ"
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1092:"Без крыши над головой: как помогают, оставшимся без дома жителям Луганщины"
1182:"The Ukrainian Cities Obliterated In Russia's Self-Proclaimed 'Liberation'"
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until its abolition in 2020. The administrative center was the town of
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were abolished, so
Popasna Raion became directly subordinated to the
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1072:"Head of Zolote in Donbas: Gray zone shrinks with liberated village"
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459:) On 12 June 1944, Kahanovych Raion was renamed to Popasna Raion.
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Ukrainian raions abolished during the 2020 administrative reform
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On 7 March 1923, the raion was originally created as
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422:okruhas of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
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1180:Kuzmenko, Svitlana; Schreck, Carl (2023-06-11).
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384:. The last estimate of the raion population was
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816:
16:Former subdivision of Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine
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1225:
420:accordingly. On 15 September 1930, all the
443:In June 1936, the raion was re-created as
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1201:
1199:
1197:
1195:
747:At the time, Donetsk Oblast was known as
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188: 7 — settlement councils
845:from the original on 28 September 2023.
212: 10 — rural settlements
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1121:Офіційний вебпортал парламенту України
629:
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498:was transferred to Popasna Raion from
486:(LPR), an unrecognized, Russia-backed
404:, with its administrative center in
836:State Statistics Service of Ukraine
228:1,325 km (512 sq mi)
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1167:"Нові райони: карти + склад"
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1148:(in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18
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386:74,028 (2020 est.).
191:3 — rural councils
510:, and the settlements
318:http://pps.loga.gov.ua
249:56/km (140/sq mi)
1209:"Division of Ukraine"
676:2001 Ukrainian census
272: • Summer (
197:Number of localities:
100:48.69528°N 38.41833°E
737:Кагановичський район
722:Комишевахський район
508:Kirovsk Municipality
246: • Density
1047:search.ligazakon.ua
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365:Popasnyanskiy rayon
345:Popasnianskyi raion
334:Попаснянський район
96: /
29:Попаснянський район
26:Popasnianskyi Raion
800:Lisichanskiy rayon
780:Lysychanskyi raion
769:Лисичанський район
558:Population history
557:
541:of the full-scale
430:oblasts of Ukraine
414:Donets Governorate
402:Komyshuvakha Raion
354:Попаснянский район
238: • Total
225: • Total
209:17 — villages
105:48.69528; 38.41833
1239:on 6 October 2013
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410:Bakhmut Okruha
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174:Subdivisions
157:18 July 2020
149:7 March 1923
63:Coat of arms
1214:15 December
695:Belarusians
496:Chornukhyne
478:During the
298:93300—93354
146:Established
103: /
1277:Categories
1243:15 October
1152:2020-10-03
1127:2023-12-15
1102:2017-08-05
1057:2021-10-05
1027:Wikisource
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810:References
683:Ukrainians
674:As of the
468:Lysychansk
233:Population
88:48°41′43″N
794:romanized
774:romanized
765:Ukrainian
733:Ukrainian
718:Ukrainian
524:Toshkivka
359:romanized
339:romanized
330:Ukrainian
309:+380 6474
305:Area code
281:UTC+03:00
260:UTC+02:00
255:Time zone
91:38°25′6″E
840:Archived
751:, after
689:Russians
368:) was a
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691:: 17.5%
685:: 81.1%
547:annexed
520:Nyzhnie
447:within
412:within
391:History
382:Popasna
378:Ukraine
361::
350:Russian
341::
314:Website
168:Popasna
128:Ukraine
116:Country
1259:"Home"
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661:74,028
653:−19.7%
650:40,620
642:−23.7%
639:50,559
607:66,295
599:+75.0%
596:71,867
585:41,077
516:Zolote
512:Hirske
241:74,028
135:Region
125:
1077:UNIAN
843:(PDF)
832:(PDF)
705:Notes
658:2020
647:2013
636:2001
610:−7.8%
604:1989
593:1979
582:1970
526:from
506:from
370:raion
37:Raion
1245:2013
1216:2023
625:Pop.
621:Year
571:Pop.
567:Year
522:and
436:and
285:EEST
220:Area
180:List
53:Flag
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274:DST
264:EET
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