Popilnia Raion (Ukrainian: Попільнянський район) was a raion (district) of Zhytomyr Oblast, northern Ukraine. Its administrative centre was located at Popilnia. The raion covered an area of 1,037 square kilometres (400 sq mi). The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Zhytomyr Oblast to four. The area of Popilnia Raion was merged into Zhytomyr Raion.[1][2] The last estimate of the raion population was 30,106 (2020 est.)[3]
Popilnia Raion Попільнянський район | |
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Coordinates: 49°56′43″N 29°27′11″E / 49.94528°N 29.45306°E | |
Country | Ukraine |
Region | Zhytomyr Oblast |
Disestablished | 18 July 2020 |
Admin. center | Popilnia |
Subdivisions | List
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Area | |
• Total | 1,037 km2 (400 sq mi) |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 30 106 |
Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
Area code | +380 |
Notable People
edit- Ivan Samoilovych (?—1690) — a native of Khodorkiv, hetman of the Zaporozhian Army, political and military figure.
- Yosyp Viacheslavovych Yurkevych (1855—1910) — zemstvo doctor, owner of an estate in Kryvyi Rih. He built a school and the first power station in the village.
- Maksym Rylskyi (1895—1964) — poet, scientist and public figure, academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences and the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, twice winner of the USSR State Prize and the Lenin Prize. He spent his childhood and youth in the village of Romanivka.
- Vitruk Andrii Nikiforovych (1902—1946) — attack pilot, Hero of the Soviet Union. He was born in the village of Andrushky.
- Yevchenko Kasian (Ukrainian: Євченко Касян Дмитрович, 1925—2009) — Ukrainian musician, master of folk instruments, director of the ensembles "Huk", "Huchok" and "Huchenia", soloist, former member of the Hryhorii Veriovka National Honoured Folk Choir of Ukraine.
References
edit- ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
- ^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
- ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2020 року / Population of Ukraine Number of Existing as of January 1, 2020 (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 September 2023.
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