Bakhmut_Raion
Bakhmut Raion
Subdivision of Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine
Bakhmut Raion (Ukrainian: Бахмутський район, romanized: Bakhmutskyi raion), known as Artemivsk Raion (Ukrainian: Артемівський район) between 1924 and 2016, is a raion (district) within the northeastern part of Donetsk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. Its administrative center is Bakhmut. Its area is 1,687 square kilometres (651 sq mi), and its population is approximately 220,275 (2022 estimate).[2]
Bakhmut Raion
Бахмутський район | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates: 48°51′17.1858″N 38°6′15.4584″E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast |  Donetsk Oblast |
| Established | 1923 |
| Current form | July 2020 |
| Admin. center | Bakhmut |
| Subdivisions | 7 hromadas |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,747.6 km2 (674.8 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | |
| • Total | 220,275 |
| • Density | 130/km2 (330/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Postal index | N/A |
| Area code | 380 |
| Website | Verkhovna Rada website |
Bakhmut Raion was first created in 1923.[3] It was renamed Artemivsk Raion in 1924[4] after its administrative center was renamed Artemivsk, named in honor of the Soviet figure Fyodor Sergeyev ("Comrade Artyom").[5] In 1926, Artemivsk Raion had a Jewish community of 17,622, making up 2.3% of the population.[6] In 1932, Artemivsk became a city of oblast significance, meaning that while it still served as the administrative center of the raion, it was no longer part of it, instead being subordinated directly to the government of Donetsk Oblast.[5]
On 10 September 1959, Yama Raion [ru] was abolished, and its territory merged into Artemivsk Raion.[7]
Due to the capture of parts of other raions by the separatist Donetsk People's Republic in 2014 during the war in Donbas, some small parts of other raions were transferred to Artemivsk Raion for administrative purposes.[8] On 4 February 2016, the Verkhovna Rada renamed Artemivsk Raion back to Bakhmut Raion under decommunization reforms.[9]
In November 2017, the village Hladosove in Horlivka Municipality was recaptured by Ukrainian forces.[10][11] Since it was now effectively severed by the war's frontline from the rest of Horlivka Municipality, Hladosove was transferred to Bakhmut Raion for administrative purposes on 28 May 2019, increasing the size of the raion by 71.7 hectares.[12]
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Donetsk Oblast was reduced to eight, of which only five were controlled by the government, and the area of Bakhmut Raion was significantly expanded.[13][14] The separatist-controlled city Vuhlehirsk was transferred from Bakhmut Raion to Horlivka Raion.[citation needed] The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was 105,040 (2020 est.).[15]
After the reform in July 2020, the raion consists of 7 hromadas:[14]
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 63,400[16] | — |
| 2000 | 55,600[17] | −0.44% |
| 2016 | 109,652[18] | +4.34% |
| 2020 | 105,040[15] | −1.07% |
| 2022 | 220,275[2] | +44.81% |
As of the 2001 Ukrainian census, the self-reported ethnic makeup of the raion was:[19]
- Ukrainians: 78.7%
- Russians: 18.4%
- Belarusians: 0.7%
- Turks: 0.6%
- Armenians: 0.2%
- Ostapenko, Pavlo (Павло Остапенко), ed. (2020). Атлас адміністративно-територіального устрою України: Новий районний поділ та територіальні громади: 2020 (PDF) (in Ukrainian) (2nd ed.). Київ: Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України; Товариство дослідників України.
- Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
- Про адміністративно-територіяльний поділ Донеччини [Regarding the administrative-territorial division of Donechchyna] (in Ukrainian). All-Ukrainian Central Executive Committee. 7 March 1923 – via Wikisource.
- "Бахмутський район". Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Vol. 2. Інститут енциклопедичних досліджень НАН України. 2003-02-01. ISBN 978-966-02-2074-4.
- "Артемівськ, Артемівський район, Донецька область (продовження)" (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-09-18.
- "Artemovsk". www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org. Retrieved 2023-12-15.
- "Рада розширила межі Артемівського району Донецької області" (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-12-15.
- Рада декомунізувала Артемівськ та ще більше ста міст і сіл [Rada de-communized Artemivsk as well as over hundred cities and villages]. Українська правда (in Ukrainian). 4 February 2016. Retrieved 2022-04-16.
- "Ukrainian troops liberate two villages along Svitlodarska Duha bulge". UNIAN. 25 November 2017. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
- "Про зміни в адміністративно-територіальному устрої Донецької області, зміну і встановлення меж Бахмутського району Донецької області". Офіційний вебпортал парламенту України (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-12-25.
- Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ.. Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
- Нові райони: карти + склад. Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-17. Retrieved 2022-04-15.
- 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.
- "Артемівськ, Артемівський район, Донецька область" (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-09-18.
- Биков, С. В. (2001-02-01). "Артемівський район". Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Vol. 1. Інститут енциклопедичних досліджень НАН України. ISBN 978-966-02-2074-4.
- Національний склад та рідна мова населення Донецької області: Розподіл постійного населення за найбільш численними національностями та рідною мовою по міськрадах та районах. Головне управління статистики у Донецькій області (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 2012-02-07. Retrieved 2017-07-14.
- (in Ukrainian) Verkhovna Rada website – Administrative divisions of the Artemivsk Raion