Urban districts of Ukraine
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| Category | Second-level subdivision |
| Location |  Ukraine |
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| Number | 108 (as of 2020) |
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An urban district or urban raion (Ukrainian: район в місті, romanized: raion v misti) is the second-level administrative division in certain cities in Ukraine.[1] There are 118 districts in 20 cities across Ukraine. The cities that contain districts are mostly administrative centers in addition to the two cities with special status (Kyiv and Sevastopol). The number of city districts per region varies between a minimum of two and a high of 21 in Donetsk Oblast. The maximum districts for a single city in the country is Kyiv, which has 10 districts.[2] Cities which have abolished their urban districts (Chernivtsi and Vinnytsia) are marked with an asterisk (*) and in italics below.
Article 133 of the Constitution of Ukraine defines city districts as an element of the administrative-territorial division of the state, while Article 140 states that issues in the organization and management of city districts belongs to the competence of city councils.[1] City districts are subordinate to a city's administration.[1] The status of Kyiv city is defined by the law Про столицю України - місто-герой Київ (transl. About the capital of Ukraine - the hero city Kyiv).[3] Since 18 March 2014, due to the Russian annexation of Crimea, the urban districts of Sevastopol and Simferopol have been controlled by Russia.[4]
During the Donbas war, a number of urban districts located in cities in southeastern Donetsk Oblast and southern Luhansk Oblast were occupied by pro-Russian separatist forces.[5] As of 30 September 2022, Russia officially claims the formerly-separatist controlled urban districts in Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts as part of its administrative divisions in addition to urban districts located in other cities occupied by Russia since the start of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022.[6] Before February 2016, many districts were named for people, places, events, and organizations associated with the Soviet Union and Russian Empire; many were renamed since to comply with decommunization and derussification laws.[7][8]
List of urban districts
[edit]See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ↑ Links to Ukrainian Wikipedia articles for each city.
- ↑ Urban districts in Chernivtsi were abolished on 1 January 2016.[10]
- ↑ De jure renamed in 2026 by Ukraine as part of the decommunization and derussification campaign.[11] As the Ukrainian government does not control Donetsk, the Russian authorities continue using its old name Budonnivskyi District.
- ↑ De jure renamed in 2026 by Ukraine as part of the decommunization and derussification campaign.[11] As the Ukrainian government does not control Donetsk, the Russian authorities continue using its old name Proletarskyi District.
- ↑ De jure renamed in 2026 by Ukraine as part of the decommunization and derussification campaign.[11] As the Ukrainian government does not control Donetsk, the Russian authorities continue using its old name Kalininskyi District.
- ↑ De jure renamed in 2026 by Ukraine as part of the decommunization and derussification campaign.[11] As the Ukrainian government does not control Donetsk, the Russian authorities continue using its old name Leninskyi District.
- ↑ De jure renamed in 2026 by Ukraine as part of the decommunization and derussification campaign.[11] As the Ukrainian government does not control Donetsk, the Russian authorities continue using its old name Kirovskyi District.
- ↑ De jure renamed in 2026 by Ukraine as part of the decommunization and derussification campaign.[11] As the Ukrainian government does not control Donetsk, the Russian authorities continue using its old name Kuibyshevskyi District.
- ↑ De jure renamed in 2026 by Ukraine as part of the decommunization and derussification campaign.[11] As the Ukrainian government does not control Donetsk, the Russian authorities continue using its old name Petrovskyi District.
- ↑ De jure renamed in 2026 by Ukraine as part of the decommunization and derussification campaign.[11] As the Ukrainian government does not control Donetsk, the Russian authorities continue using its old name Voroshylovskyi District.
- ↑ De jure renamed in 2026 by Ukraine as part of the decommunization and derussification campaign.[11] As the Ukrainian government does not control Horlivka, the Russian authorities continue using its old name Kalininskyi District.
- ↑ De jure renamed in 2026 by Ukraine as part of the decommunization and derussification campaign.[11] As the Ukrainian government does not control Makiivka, the Russian authorities continue using its old name Chervonohvardiiskyi District.
- ↑ De jure renamed in 2026 by Ukraine as part of the decommunization and derussification campaign.[11] As the Ukrainian government does not control Makiivka, the Russian authorities continue using its old name Kirovskyi District.
- ↑ De jure renamed in 2026 by Ukraine as part of the decommunization and derussification campaign.[11] As the Ukrainian government does not control Makiivka, the Russian authorities continue using its old name Sovietskyi District.
- ↑ De jure renamed in 2026 by Ukraine as part of the decommunization and derussification campaign.[12] As the Ukrainian government does not control Luhansk, the Russian authorities continue using its old name Leninskyi District.
- ↑ De jure renamed in 2026 by Ukraine as part of the decommunization and derussification campaign.[12] As the Ukrainian government does not control Luhansk, the Russian authorities continue using its old name Zhovtnevyi District.
- ↑ De jure renamed in 2026 by Ukraine as part of the decommunization and derussification campaign.[12] As the Ukrainian government does not control Luhansk, the Russian authorities continue using its old name Artemivskyi District.
- ↑ The administrations of the urban districts in Sumy were abolished in 2006 but the districts still de jure exist, though there are plans to fully abolish them in the future.[13]
- ↑ Urban districts in Vinnytsia were abolished on 14 February 2012.[14]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "Конституція України". Офіційний вебпортал парламенту України (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 2022-03-04. Retrieved 2023-10-11.
- ↑ "Regions of Ukraine and their composition". Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 31 December 2007.
- ↑ "Про столицю України - місто-герой Київ". Офіційний вебпортал парламенту України (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-10-11.
- ↑ "Seven years since Russia's illegal annexation of Crimea | EEAS". www.eeas.europa.eu. Archived from the original on 2022-04-01. Retrieved 2023-12-29.
- ↑ "Conflict in Ukraine's Donbas: A Visual Explainer". Crisis Group. 2021-06-29. Archived from the original on 2022-05-18. Retrieved 2023-12-29.
- ↑ Mälksoo, Lauri (3 October 2022). "Ukraine Symposium – Illegality of Russia's Annexations in Ukraine". Lieber Institute West Point. Archived from the original on 3 December 2023. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
- ↑ Poroshenko signed the laws about decomunization Archived 2016-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Ukrayinska Pravda. 15 May 2015
Poroshenko signs laws on denouncing Communist, Nazi regimes Archived 2018-08-02 at the Wayback Machine, Interfax-Ukraine. 15 May 20
Goodbye, Lenin: Ukraine moves to ban communist symbols Archived 2016-03-07 at the Wayback Machine, BBC News (14 April 2015)
(in Ukrainian) In Kharkiv "dekomunizuvaly" has 48 streets and 5 regions Archived 2023-07-01 at the Wayback Machine, Ukrayinska Pravda (3 February 2015)
(in Russian) In Kharkov was renamed three district Archived 2016-02-04 at the Wayback Machine, SQ (3 February 2015)
(in Ukrainian) In Kharkov, decided not to rename October and Frunze district Archived 2016-02-04 at the Wayback Machine, Korrespondent.net (3 February 2015)
(in Russian) In Kharkov, it was decided not to rename the Oktyabrsky and the Frunze district Archived 2016-08-09 at the Wayback Machine, Korrespondent.net (3 February 2015) - ↑ "Zelenskyy signs law banning geographical names associated with Russia". Ukrayinska Pravda. 21 April 2023. Archived from the original on 14 May 2023. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
- 1 2 Кількість та територіальне розміщення населення України [The number and territorial distribution of the population of Ukraine] (RAR). 2001.ukrcensus.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. 5 December 2001. Retrieved 2024-06-22.
- ↑ "У Чернівцях скасують поділ на райони". Новини Чернівці: Інформаційний портал «Молодий буковинець». Archived from the original on 2017-04-04. Retrieved 2024-06-27.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Про перейменування районів у містах Донецької області, назви яких містять символіку російської імперської політики або символіку комуністичного тоталітарного режиму [On Renaming Urban Districts in Donetsk Oblast, the Names of Which Contain Symbolism of Russian Imperial Policy or Symbolism of the Communist Totalitarian Regime]. Donetsk Oblast Military Administration (in Ukrainian). 26 February 2026. Archived from the original on 28 February 2026. Retrieved 16 May 2026.
- 1 2 3 Про перейменування районів у місті Луганську, назви яких містять символіку російської імперської політики та символіку комуністичного тоталітарного режиму [On Renaming Urban Districts in Luhansk, the Names of Which Contain Symbolism of Russian Imperial Policy and Communist Totalitarian Regime] (PDF). Luhansk Oblast Military Administration (in Ukrainian). 27 February 2026. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 May 2026. Retrieved 16 May 2026.
- ↑ Chlek, Kristina (29 April 2025). У Сумах планують ліквідувати поділ на Зарічний та Ковпаківський райони [In Sumy, it is planned to abolish the division into Zarichnyi and Kovpakivskyi districts]. Suspilne Sumy (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 29 April 2025. Retrieved 9 December 2025.
- ↑ Про виключення з облікових даних адміністративно-територіальних одиниць Вінницької області Ленінського, Староміського, Замостянського районів у місті Вінниці [On the exclusion from the registration data of the administrative-territorial units of Vinnytsia Oblast of Leninskyi, Staromiskyi, Zamostianskyi districts in the city of Vinnytsia] (RAR). Vinnytsia Oblast Council (in Ukrainian). 14 February 2012. Archived from the original on 27 December 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2026.
External links
[edit]- 2001 Ukrainian census, Population Structure (in Ukrainian)
- Regions of Ukraine and its composition (in Ukrainian)