Antratsyt Raion
{{short description|Former subdivision of Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Antratsytivskyi Raion
| native_name = Антрацитівський район
| native_name_lang = uk
| settlement_type = Raion
| image_flag = Antracytivskyi rayon prapor.png
| flag_alt = Flag of Antratsytivskyi Raion
| image_shield = Antracytivskyi rayon gerb.png
| shield_alt = Coat of arms of Antratsytivskyi Raion
| image_map = Antratsytovskyi-Raion.png
| mapsize = 250px
| coordinates = {{coord|48|16|6|N|39|0|8|E|type:adm2nd_region:UA|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|Ukraine}}
| subdivision_type1 = Oblast
| subdivision_name1 = Luhansk Oblast
| subdivision_type2 = Raion
| parts_type = Subdivisions
| parts_style = coll
| p1 = 0 — city councils
| p2 = 6 — settlement councils
| p3 = 8 — rural councils
| p4 = Number of localities:
0 — cities
| p5 = {{nowrap|6 — urban-type settlements}}
| p6 = 21 — villages
| p7 = 15 — rural settlements
| established_title1 = Established
| established_date1 = 1938
| established_title2 = Disestablished
| established_date2 = 18 July 2020
| seat_type = Admin. center
| seat = Antratsyt
| leader_title = Governor
| leader_title1 = Chairman
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_total_km2 = 1700
| population_total = {{decrease}} 30007
| population_as_of = 2020
| population_density_km2 = auto
| timezone1 = EET
| utc_offset1 = +02:00
| timezone1_DST = EEST
| utc_offset1_DST = +03:00
| postal_code_type = Postal index
| postal_code = 94620—94697
| area_code_type = Area code
| area_code = +380 6431
| website = http://an.loga.gov.ua/
}}
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Antratsyt Raion ({{Langx|uk|Антрацитівський район}}; {{langx|ru|Антрацитовский район}}) was a raion (district) in Luhansk Oblast in eastern Ukraine between 1938 and 2020 and the de-facto district of the Luhansk People's Republic, a federal subject of Russia. Its administrative center was the city Antratsyt. The last estimate of the raion population, reported by the Ukrainian government, was {{Ua-pop-est2020|30,007|.}}
Geography
Antratsyt Raion bordered Lutuhyne Raion to the north, Sverdlovsk Raion to the east, Perevalsk Raion to the northwest, Shakhtarsk Raion of Donetsk Oblast to the southwest, and Matveyevo-Kurgansky District of Rostov Oblast, Russia to the south.
History
The raion was formed in 1938 during the times of the Soviet Union. It originally had the name Bokove-Antratsyt Raion, because Antratsyt was then known as Bokove-Antratsyt. The raion's territory was the site of fierce fighting during World War II.{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Антрацитівський район, Луганська область |encyclopedia=Історія міст і сіл Української РСР |url=https://ukrssr.com.ua/lugan/antratsitivskiy/antratsitivskiy-rayon-luganska-oblast |language=uk}} In 1949, a settlement council of Mine No. 33/37 was transferred from Bokove-Antratsyt Raion to Rovenky Raion.{{cite wikisource|wslanguage=uk|title=Указ Президії ВР УРСР від 15.11.1948 «Про включення селищної Ради шахти № 33-37 до складу Ровеньківського району, Ворошиловградської області»}}
In 1962, the city's name was shortened to Antratsyt, and it was made a city of regional significance; Antratsyt still served as the administrative center of the raion, but it was no longer a part of it, instead being subordinated directly to Luhansk Oblast.{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Антрацит |publisher=Інститут енциклопедичних досліджень НАН України |url=https://esu.com.ua/article-43046 |last=Коваленко |first=М. П. |date=2001-02-01 |volume=1 |language=Ukrainian |isbn=978-966-02-2074-4 |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine}} Bokove-Antratsyt Raion was also renamed Antratsyt Raion to match the new name of the city.
Since 2014, the area of the raion has been controlled by the pro-Russian Luhansk People's Republic (LPR).{{cite web|url=http://gkslg.info/files/chisl_0915.pdf|title=Численность населения по состоянию на 1 октября 2015 года по Луганской Народной Республике|publisher=Luhansk People's Republic|language=Russian|accessdate=21 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204211939/http://gkslg.info/files/chisl_0915.pdf|archive-date=4 February 2016|url-status=dead}}{{bsn|date=November 2023}}
The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Luhansk Oblast to eight with the raion being absorbed into the Luhansk Raion.{{Cite news|title=Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ.|url=http://www.golos.com.ua/article/333466|access-date=2020-10-03|date=2020-07-18|website=Голос України|language=uk}}{{cite web |title=Нові райони: карти + склад |date=17 July 2020 |url=https://www.minregion.gov.ua/press/news/novi-rajony-karty-sklad/ |publisher=Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України |language=Ukrainian}} However, the LPR challanged the reforms and continued using it as an administrative unit.{{cite web |title=Министерство экономического развития Луганской Народной Республики |url=https://www.merlnr.su/administrasia_g_r.html |publisher=Luhansk People's Republic |language=ru |access-date=2021-02-19 |archive-date=2021-09-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210908052919/https://merlnr.su/administrasia_g_r.html |url-status=dead }}
The National Resistance Center of Ukraine has reported that in July 2023, the Russians abducted 280 children from occupied Antratsyt Raion and took them to a "Cossack Cadet Corps" center in the Republic of Kalmykia for propagandizing and erasure of Ukrainian identity.{{Cite web |date=2023-07-13 |title=Окупанти викрадають дітей з ТОТ, щоб зомбувати їх у «козачому кадетському корпусі» в калмикії |url=https://sprotyv.mod.gov.ua/okupanty-vykradayut-ditej-z-tot-shhob-zombuvaty-yih-u-kozachomu-kadetskyj-korpusi-v-kalmykiyi/ |access-date=2023-11-25 |website=Центр національного спротиву |language=uk}}
After Russia annexed the Luhansk Oblast as the Luhansk People's Republic on 30 September 2023, the Raion was also incorporated into Russia with Sergey Saenko as its first governor.
Economy
The area of the former raion has large coal deposits, and precious metals. It also has significant deposits of sandstone, limestone, and raw materials used to make bricks and tiles.{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Антрацитівський район |publisher=Інститут енциклопедичних досліджень НАН України |url=https://esu.com.ua/article-43050 |last=Балаба |first=В. М. |date=2001-02-01 |volume=1 |language=Ukrainian |isbn=978-966-02-2074-4}}
Demographics
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As of the 2001 Ukrainian census:{{cite web |url=http://www.ukrcensus.gov.ua/ |title=Home |website=ukrcensus.gov.ua}}
;Ethnicity
- Ukrainians: 62.8%
- Russians: 35.7%
- Belarusians: 0.4%
References
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Category:Former raions of Luhansk Oblast
Category:1938 establishments in the Soviet Union
Category:Ukrainian raions abolished during the 2020 administrative reform
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