Country Ukraine Admin. center Kalush Postal index 77300—77363 Region Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast | Established 1939 Time zone EET (UTC+2) Area 647 km² Administrative center Kalush | |
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Kalush Raion (Ukrainian: Калуський район) is a raion (district) of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast (province). Kalush is the administrative center of the raion. The city of Kalush itself is administratively incorporated as a city of oblast significance and does not belong to the raion. Population: 59,531 (2016 est.).
Map of Kalus'kyi district, Ivano-Frankivska, Ukraine
The raion was formed on October 28, 1963. In 1972 part of the raion became incorporated into the Kalush municipality. The oldest settlements in the Raion are Stankiv (1158), Zaviy (13th century), Holyn' (1391), and Novytsia (14th century).
The leader of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists, Stepan Bandera, was born in Staryi Uhryniv in Kalush Raion, on January 1, 1909.
Ivan Rubchak and the writer M. Kozonis were also born in Kalush Raion.