Shakhtarsk Raion

Shakhtarskyi Raion
Шахтарський район
Raion
Flag of Shakhtarskyi Raion
Flag		Coat of arms of Shakhtarskyi Raion
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 48°0′23″N 38°28′46.3″E / 48.00639°N 38.479528°E / 48.00639; 38.479528Coordinates: 48°0′23″N 38°28′46.3″E / 48.00639°N 38.479528°E / 48.00639; 38.479528
Country  Ukraine
Region Donetsk Oblast
Established 1965
Admin. center Shakhtarsk
Subdivisions
Government
 • Governor Dmytro Konakov
Area
 • Total 1,100 km2 (400 sq mi)
Population (2013)
 • Total Decrease 19,763
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Postal index 86200-86263
Area code +380 6255

Shakhtarsk Raion (Ukrainian: Шахтарський район) is one of the 33 raions of Donetsk Oblast, located in eastern Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion is the city of Shakhtarsk, which is incorporated separately as a city of oblast significance and is not part of the raion. Population: 19,763 (2013 est.)[1].

Location

Shakhtarsk Raion is located in the eastern part of Donetsk Oblast and at its southeast it has an international border along with Rostov Oblast of Russian Federation. To its east raion borders Luhansk Oblast.

To the south of Shakhtarsk Raion is located Amvrosiivka Raion, while to its north – Bakhmut Raion. To the west of Shakhtars Raion stretches a chain of several cities with separate regional-level self-government such as Makiivka, Khartsyzk, Yenakieve, Zhdanivka. Raion also completely surrounds such cities like Shakhtarsk, Torez, Snizhne.

War in Donbass

Savur Mohyla memorial in 2008

Shakhtarsk Raion has one international border crossing with the Russian Federation, Marynivka - Kuibyshevo. On June 5, 2014 the Government of Ukraine was forced to close the border crossing, due to multiple reports of unsanctioned crossing of it by militants from the Russian Federation. On June 6, 2014 an intense fighting erupted at the Marynivka border checkpoint between the Ukrainian Border Troops and militants who tried to cross into Ukraine from the Russian Federation.

During the War in Donbass around the Savur-Mohyla height took place several battles. The obelisk of the Savur-Mohyla Soviet memorial is depicted on the coat of arms and flag of Shakhtarsk Raion.

The Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, remnants of which scattered around the village of Hrabove, went down within the area of the raion.

On August 10–11, 2014 Ukrainian media claimed that the village of Stepanivka was completely destroyed by the multi-rocket launcher systems BM-21 Grad that were fired from the territory of the Russian Federation.[2]

Demographics

As of the 2001 Ukrainian Census, the majority of residents are ethnic Ukrainians and speak Russian as their first language:[3][4]

Ethnicity
Ukrainians18,04274.4%
Russians5,66323.3%
Belarusians2491.0%
Language
Ukrainian 53.36%
Russian 46.25%
Belarusian 0.12%
Armenian 0.06%

References

  1. ↑ "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "Russian "Grads" completely destroyed Ukrainian village in Donetsk region". August 11, 2014. Archived from the original on August 12, 2014. Retrieved August 27, 2014.
  3. ↑
  4. ↑ "Національний склад та рідна мова населення Донецької області" [Ethnic and linguistic composition of Donetsk Oblast] (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 27 November 2012.


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