Trostianets Raion, Sumy Oblast

Trostianets Raion (Ukrainian: Тростянецький район) was a raion in Sumy Oblast in Central Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion was the town of Trostianets.[1] The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Sumy Oblast to five.[2][3] The last estimate of the raion population was 33,413 (2020 est.)[4]

This article is about a district in Sumy Oblast. For a district in Vinnytsia Oblast, see Trostianets Raion, Vinnytsia Oblast.
Trostianets Raion

Тростянецький район
Raion
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Raion location in Sumy Oblast
Coordinates: 50°32′21.93″N 34°59′9.9306″E
Country Ukraine
OblastSumy Oblast
Disestablished18 July 2020
Admin. centerTrostianets
Area
 • Total1,065 km2 (411 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total33,413
 • Density31/km2 (81/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Websitehttp://trostyanets-vlada.gov.ua/

In March 1930 the Raion was the centre of a quickly defeated pro-Ukrainian anti-Soviet Union revolt.[5]

References
  1. http://static.rada.gov.ua/zakon/new/ADM/zmistsum.html
  2. "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  3. "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
  4. "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  5. A Different Peasantry, The Ukrainian Week (6 May 2011)
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