Velyka Novosilka Raion

Velyka Novosilka Raion (Ukrainian: Великоновосілківський район) is one of the 33 raions of Donetsk Oblast, located in southeastern Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion is the urban-type settlement of Velyka Novosilka. Population: 37,144(2020 est.)[1] .

Velykonovosilkivskyi Raion

Великоновосілківський район
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Coordinates: 47°50′28.3″N 36°50′8.2″E
Country Ukraine
RegionDonetsk Oblast
Established1923
Admin. centerVelyka Novosilka
Subdivisions
Government
  GovernorSergiy Dmitriev
Area
  Total1,900 km2 (700 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
  Total 37,144
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index
85500-84583
Area code+380 6243

On 15 May 2014 (during the early phase of the War in Donbass) the Donbass Battalion secured the town from the pro-Russian separatists of the Donetsk People's Republic.[2] According to (the then commander the Donbass Battalion) Semen Semenchenko the local police chief, deputies from the Party of Regions and the chairman of the district council "fled in an unknown direction."[2]

Demographics

According to the 2001 Ukrainian Census,[3]

Ethnicity
Ukrainians31,85064.6%
Greeks9,73019.7%
Russians6,56813.3%
Belarusians2400.5%
Turks1680.3%

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