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Starobesheve Raion

Starobesheve Raion

Former subdivision of Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, in use by the Donetsk People's Republic

Starobesheve Raion (Ukrainian: Старобешівський район) was one of the raions of Donetsk Oblast, located in southeastern Ukraine. Its administrative center was the urban-type settlement of Starobesheve.The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Donetsk Oblast to eight.[1][2] The last estimate of the raion population, reported by the Ukrainian government, was 49,313 (2020 est.).[3]

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Since 2014, the raion has not been under control of the Ukrainian government and has been controlled by the Donetsk People's Republic militant group [which?], which continues using it as an administrative unit.[4]

Demographics

According to the 2001 Ukrainian Census:[5]

Ethnicity
Ukrainians29,17052.1%
Russians17,76131.7%
Greeks7,49113.4%
Belarusians3970.7%
Azerbaijanis2410.4%
Germans1710.3%
Armenians1220.2%

References

  1. [1]
    "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  2. [2]
    "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
  3. [3]
    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.
  4. [4]
    "Мероприятия, запланированные на 2020 год в сферах жилищно-коммунального хозяйства и строительства" (in Russian). Donetsk People's Republic.
  5. [5]
    Національний склад та рідна мова населення Донецької області [Ethnic and linguistic composition of Donetsk Oblast] (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 7 February 2012.
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