Novopskov Raion

Novopskov Raion (Ukrainian: Новопсковський район) is a raion (district) in Luhansk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion is the urban-type settlement of Novopskov. Population: 33,173(2020 est.)[1] .

Novopskovskyi Raion

Новопсковський район
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Coordinates: 49°37′25″N 39°7′39″E
Country Ukraine
RegionLuhansk Oblast
Established1923
Admin. centerNovopskov
Subdivisions
Government
  GovernorBorys Lebedev
Area
  Total1,623 km2 (627 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
  Total 33,173
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index
92300—92355
Area code+380 6463
Websitehttp://nvp.loga.gov.ua

After the proclamation of the separatist Luhansk People's Republic on 27 April 2014 the province Luhansk became a battlefield of the War in Donbass.[2] Novopskov Raion stayed under Ukrainian governmental control.[3] The separatist referendum on 11 May on independence was not held in the Raion.[4]

Demographics

As of the 2001 Ukrainian census:[5]

Ethnicity
  • Ukrainians: 92.2%
  • Russians: 6.9%
  • Belarusians: 0.3%

References

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