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Sverdlovsk Raion

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Country
  
Ukraine

Admin. center
  
Sverdlovsk

Postal index
  
94820—94871

Founded
  
1938

Area code
  
6434

Established
  
1938

Time zone
  
EET (UTC+2)

Area
  
1,132 km²

Population
  
12,039 (2013)

Region
  
Luhansk Oblast

Sverdlovsk Raion

Subdivisions
  
List   0 — city councils   1 — settlement councils 6 — rural councils Number of localities:   0 — cities   1 — urban-type settlements 26 — villages   3 — rural settlements

Administrative center
  
Sverdlovsk, Luhansk Oblast

Sverdlovsk Raion (Ukrainian: Свердловський район) is a raion (district) in Luhansk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion is the town of Sverdlovsk, which is incorporated separately as a city of oblast significance and does not belong to the raion. Population: 12,039 (2013 est.).

Contents

Map of Sverdlovs'kyi district, Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine

History

Since 2014, the raion has been controlled by forces of the Luhansk People's Republic.

Demographics

As of the 2001 Ukrainian census:

Ethnicity
  • Ukrainians: 69.9%
  • Russians: 25.9%
  • Belarusians: 0.6%
  • References

    Sverdlovsk Raion Wikipedia