Chyhyryn Raion

Chyhyryn Raion (Ukrainian: Чигири́нський райо́н) was a raion (district) of Cherkasy Oblast, central Ukraine. Its administrative centre was located at the town of Chyhyryn. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Cherkasy Oblast to four. The area of Chyhyryn Raion was merged into Cherkasy Raion.[1][2] The last estimate of the raion population was 25,410 (2020 est.)[3]

Chyhyryn Raion
Raion
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Raion location in Cherkasy Oblast
Coordinates: 49°9′43.9″N 32°30′27.5″E
Country Ukraine
RegionCherkasy Oblast
Disestablished18 July 2020
Admin. centerChyhyryn
Subdivisions
Population
 (2020)
 • Total25,410
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Area code+380

At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of two amalgamated hromadas, Chyhyryn urban hromada with the administration in Chyhyryn and Medvedivka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Medvedivka.[4]

During the Ukrainian War of Independence the region was proclaimed the "Kholodny Yar Republic" (led by local Vasyl Chuchupak[5]) which strived for Ukrainian independence from the Soviet Union.[5][6] The Kholodny Yar Republic lasted from 1919 to 1922.[6]

References
  1. "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  2. "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
  3. "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  4. "Чигиринська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  5. "Russian-Ukrainian war never stopped", Gazeta.ua (12 December 2014)
  6. (in Ukrainian) Gerashchenko offers a National Park "Cold Yar", Ukrinform (19 October 2016)
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