Chornobyl Raion

Chornobyl Raion Чорнобильський район
Raion of Kiev Oblast
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Location of Chornobyl Raion The former Chernobyl Raion (green) is now included in the Ivankiv Raion (yellow). The yellow dot represents the city of Pripyat, autonomous since 1980
Capital		Chernobyl
History
•	Established	1923
•	Merged into Ivankiv Raion	16 November 1988
Area
•	1984	2,000 km2 (772 sq mi)
Population
•	1984	44,000
	Density	22 /km2  (57 /sq mi)
Political subdivisions		1 municipality 23 rural councils

The Chornobyl Raion or Chernobyl Raion (Ukrainian: Чорнобильський район, Chornobyl’s’kyi raion) was one of 26 administrative raions (districts) of Kiev Oblast in northern Ukraine. After the Chernobyl disaster, the majority of the raion was contaminated, and many of its populated places were included into the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, which is an officially designated exclusion area around the site of the disaster.

Geography

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The original entrance sign to the raion features Soviet designs.

The Chernobyl Raion was located in the northern portion of Kiev Oblast, at the time an administrative portion of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. To the raion's east, it bordered upon the Kiev Reservoir; to its south, the Kiev-Sviatoshyn Raion; to its southwest, the Ivankiv Raion; and to its west, the Poliske Raion, significant portions of which also suffered due to the Chernobyl disaster.

Today, the territory of the former raion is administratively part of the Ivankiv Raion. Prior to its liquidation, the Chernobyl Raion had an area of 2,000 km² (770 sq mi) and a population of 44,000. The Pripyat River flows through the territory of the former raion before emptying into the Kiev Reservoir.

History

The Chornobyl Raion was established in 1923 as part of the Kiev Governorate following an administrative reorganization of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. From its creation in 1923 until 1941, its administrative center was the urban-type settlement of Chernobyl; after 1941, the settlement's status was upgraded to that of a city of district significance.

On 16 November 1988, the Chornobyl Raion was liquidated and merged with the Ivankiv Raion based on a decree of the Presidium of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian SSR. In 1996, the remaining populated settlements of the Chernobyl Raion that weren't evacuated after the disaster were transferred to the Ivankiv Raion's administration.

Administrative divisions

Overview

Before it was liquidated, the Chornobyl Raion had one city municipality under its administration (the administrative center Chernobyl), and 23 rural councils, which 69 villages were subordinated to. There was a total of 70 populated places in the raion.

The city of Pripyat, which was established in 1970 for workers and families of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, was formerly administratively subordinate to the Chernobyl Raion. In 1980, it was given the status of a city of regional significance, administratively subordinate to the Kiev Oblast authorities rather than the Chernobyl Raion.

Settlements

• Inside the Exclusion Zone: Chernobyl (city), Andriivka, Benivka, Buda, Bychky, Buriakivka, Chapaievka, Cherevach, Chistohalivka, Hlynka, Horodchan, Horodyshche, Illintsi, Ilovnytsia, Ivanivka, Kamianka, Kopachi, Kosharivka, Koshivka, Kotsiubynske, Krasne/Masheve, Krasne/Tovstyi Lis, Kryva Hora, Kupuvate, Ladyzhychi, Leliv, Masheve, Nova Krasnytsia, Novoshepelychi, Novosilky, Opachychi, Otashiv, Paryshiv, Pliutovyshche, Rozizhdzhe, Rozsokha, Rudky, Rudnia-Illinetska, Rudnia-Veresnia, Stara Krasnytsia, Stari Shepelychi, Starosillia, Stechanka, Terekhy, Teremtsi, Tovstyi Lis, Usiv, Yampil, Yaniv (until 1980, administered by the city of Pripyat), Zalissia, Zamoshnia, Zapillia, Zymovyshche.
• Outside the Exclusion Zone: Dytiatky, Fruzynivka, Hubyn, Hornostaipil, Laputky, Medvyn, Strakholissya, Zoryn.

See also

• Samosely
• Administrative divisions of the Ukrainian SSR