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Raions of central Ukraine

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Baranivka Raion

Baranivka Raion (Баранівський район), a former district of Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine, centered on Baranivka on the Sluch River; established 1923, abolished in the July 2020 reform and merged into Zviahel Raion.

Baryshevskiy Rayon

Baryshevskiy Rayon (Баришівський район) was a raion of Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine, centered on Baryshivka; formed 1923, hit by the Holodomor, occupied 1941–43, abolished in the 2020 reform into Brovary Raion.

Bila Tserkva Raion

Bila Tserkva Raion (Білоцерківський район) is a district of Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine, created in the July 2020 reform around the city of Bila Tserkva, with 13 hromadas, 6,510.3 km², and 439,877 residents.

Blahovishchenske Raion

Blahovishchenske Raion (Благовіщенський район), formerly Ulianovskyi Raion, was a district of Kirovohrad Oblast, Ukraine, centered on Blahovishchenske; created 1923, renamed 2016, abolished 2020 into Holovanivsk Raion.

Bobrynets Raion

Bobrynets Raion (Бобринецький район), former district of Kirovohrad Oblast, Ukraine, center Bobrynets; created 1923, area 1,500 km², 31,593 people (2001); abolished 2020, merged into Kropyvnytskyi Raion.

Brovary Raion

Brovary Raion (Броварський район), a 2020-created district of Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine, centered on Brovary; 2,885 km², about 242,000 people, 8 communities, formed from the former Baryshivka, Brovary, and Zgurivka raions.

Buchanskyi Raion

Buchanskyi Raion (Бучанський район, Bucha Raion) is a district of Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine, created in the 2020 reform, centered on Bucha; 2,555.5 km², 141 settlements, 12 hromadas, about 352,000 people.

Cherkasy Raion

Cherkasy Raion (Черкаський район) is a raion of Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine, centered on Cherkasy city; first created 1923, recreated 1965, reformed 17 July 2020 with 26 hromadas, 244 settlements, about 6878 km², and roughly 587,000 residents.

Chernihiv Raion

Chernihiv Raion (Чернігівський район) is a district of Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine, centered on Chernihiv city; created by the 2020 reform, it covers 10,203.9 km², 20 hromadas, 472 settlements, and about 456,188 people, and suffered the 2022 Russian siege.

Chernyakhivskyy Rayon

Chernyakhivskyy Rayon (Черняхівський район), a former raion of Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine, centered on Chernyakhiv; created 7 March 1923, liquidated 19 July 2020 under Resolution 807-IX, territory now in Zhytomyr Raion.

Chornobay Raion

Chornobay Raion (Чорнобаївський район), a former raion of Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine, centered on Chornobai; created 1923, merged 1962, restored 1965, abolished 2020 into Zolotonosha Raion.

Chudniv Raion

Chudniv Raion (Чуднівський район) was a district of Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine, centered on Chudniv; created 7 March 1923, area 1,037 km², abolished in the 2020 raion reform.

Desnianskyi raion

Desnianskyi raion (Деснянський район) is an administrative district of Kyiv, Ukraine, on the left bank of the Dnipro; created in 1987 as Vatutinskyi district, it was renamed in 2001 after the Desna river.

Khoroshiv Raion

Khoroshiv Raion (Khoroshivskyi raion), formerly Volodarsk-Volynskyi Raion, a district of Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine, 1923-2020; center Khoroshiv; abolished 17 July 2020, territory to Zhytomyr Raion; known for Volyn pegmatites and ilmenite.

Korosten' Raion

Korosten' Raion (Коростенський район), a district of Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine, centered on Korosten; enlarged in the 2020 reform to 11,072.8 km², 258,935 people, 529 localities, 13 hromadas.

Korostyshiv Raion

Korostyshiv Raion (Коростишівський район) was a district in southeastern Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine, with its center in the city of Korostyshiv. Created in 1923, it was merged into Zhytomyr Raion in 2020.

Korsun-Shevchenkivskyy Raion

Korsun-Shevchenkivskyy Raion (Корсунь-Шевченківський район) was a district of Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine, 1923–2020, centered on Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi; abolished in the July 2020 reform and split between Cherkasy and Zvenyhorodka raions.

Kremenchuk Raion

Kremenchuk Raion (Кременчуцький район) is a district of Poltava Oblast, Ukraine, centered on Kremenchuk. Created 19 July 2020 by resolution 807-IX; 6,101.3 km², about 396,000 people, 325 settlements in 12 hromadas.

Kropyvnytskyy Raion

Kropyvnytskyy Raion is a raion of Kirovohrad Oblast in central Ukraine, created in its present form in July 2020 with its center in the city of Kropyvnytskyi.

Liubar Raion

Liubar Raion (Любарський район) was a district in southwestern Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine, centered on Liubar; created 1923, abolished 1962, restored 1965, 757 km², 31,046 people (2001), dissolved in the 2020 reform.

Luhyny Raion

Luhyny Raion (Лугинський район) was a district of Zhytomyr Oblast in northern Ukraine, centered on Luhyny, with about 15,700 residents before its abolition in 2020.

Lysyanka Raion

Lysyanka Raion (Лисянський район) was a raion in northwestern Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine, seat Lysianka; created 1923, area 746 km², abolished 2020 into Zvenyhorodka Raion.

Monastyryshche Raion

Monastyryshche Raion (Монастирищенський район) was a district in western Cherkasy oblast, Ukraine, centered on Monastyryshche; formed 1923, 719 km², abolished 2020 into Uman raion, distinct from Ternopil's Monastyryska Raion.

Narodychi Raion

Narodychi Raion (Народицький район) was a district in northeastern Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine, centered on Narodychi; created 1923, heavily contaminated by Chernobyl, abolished 2020 into Korosten Raion.

Obukhiv Raion

Obukhiv Raion (Обухівський район), a district of Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine, centered on Obukhiv; created 17 July 2020 by resolution 807-IX, covering 3,635.3 km² with 229,518 people in 9 hromadas and 200 localities.

Oleksandriya Raion

Oleksandriya Raion (Олександрійський район) is a raion of Kirovohrad Oblast, Ukraine, centered on the city of Oleksandriya; created in 1939 and enlarged in the 2020 reform to 5,417.9 km² with 226,721 residents.

Orzhytya Raion

Orzhytya Raion (Оржицький район, Orzhytsia Raion) was a district in western Poltava Oblast, Ukraine, centered on Orzhytsia; created 1923, abolished 17 July 2020, territory now in Lubny Raion.

Ovruch Raion

Ovruch Raion (Овруцький район) was a 1923-founded district of Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine, centered on Ovruch; area 3.2 thousand km², 62,000 residents (2008), abolished in the 2020 reform and absorbed into Korosten Raion.

Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi Raion

Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi Raion (Переяслав-Хмельницький район), formerly Pereiaslav Raion, was a district of Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine, centered on Pereiaslav, existing March 1923 to July 2020, when it was abolished and merged into Boryspil Raion.

Poltava Raion

Poltava Raion (Полтавський район), a district of Poltava Oblast, Ukraine, centered on Poltava. Created 17 July 2020 in the raion reform; area 10,858.6 km², 24 hromadas, 746 settlements, population about 569,000-584,000.