Chyhyryn Raion

Chyhyryn Raion
Raion
Flag of Chyhyrynskyi Raion
Flag
Coat of arms of Chyhyrynskyi Raion
Coat of arms
Raion location in Cherkasy Oblast
Raion location in Cherkasy Oblast
Coordinates: 49°9′43.9″N 32°30′27.5″E / 49.162194°N 32.507639°E / 49.162194; 32.507639
Country Ukraine
RegionCherkasy Oblast
Disestablished18 July 2020
Admin. centerChyhyryn
Subdivisions
List
  •    — city councils
  •    — settlement councils
  •  — rural councils
  • Number of localities:
       — cities
  •    — urban-type settlements
  •  — villages
  •    — rural settlements
Population
 (2020)
 • Total25,410
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Area code+380

Chyhyryn Raion (Ukrainian: Чигири́нський райо́н) was a raion (district) of Cherkasy Oblast, central Ukraine. Its administrative centre was located at the town of Chyhyryn. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Cherkasy Oblast to four. The area of Chyhyryn Raion was merged into Cherkasy Raion.[1][2] The last estimate of the raion population was 25,410 (2020 est.)[3]

At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of two hromadas, Chyhyryn urban hromada with the administration in Chyhyryn and Medvedivka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Medvedivka.[4]

During the Ukrainian War of Independence the region was proclaimed the "Kholodny Yar Republic" (led by local Vasyl Chuchupak[5]) which strived for Ukrainian independence from the Soviet Union.[5][6] The Kholodny Yar Republic lasted from 1919 to 1922.[6]

  1. ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  2. ^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Чигиринська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  5. ^ a b "Russian-Ukrainian war never stopped", Gazeta.ua (12 December 2014)
  6. ^ a b (in Ukrainian) Gerashchenko offers a National Park "Cold Yar", Ukrinform (19 October 2016)