Lyman Raion, Donetsk Oblast

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| native_name = Лиманський район

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| settlement_type = Raion

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| subdivision_name1 = Donetsk Oblast

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| p6 = 31 — villages

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| seat_type = Admin. center

| seat = Lyman

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| leader_title = Governor

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| area_total_km2 = 1,018

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| population_total = 21,881

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| postal_code = 873-XX

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| area_code = 380

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| website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071001001232/http://gska2.rada.gov.ua:7777/pls/z7502/A008?rdat1=14.09.2005&rf7571=8142 Verkhovna Rada website]

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Lyman Raion ({{langx|uk|Лиманський район|Lymans'kyi raion}}; {{langx|ru|Лиманский район|Limanskiy raion}}) was a raion (district) within Donetsk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. Its administrative center was Lyman, which was separately incorporated as a city of oblast significance and did not belong to the district. Its area was {{convert|1,018|km2|abbr=on}} and its population was approximately {{Ua-pop-est2013|21,881}}.

In 2016, Lyman Raion was abolished and merged into Lyman municipality (Lyman urban hromada, formerly Krasnyi Lyman United Territorial Community).[http://atu.minregion.gov.ua/ua/article_page/9341753983901541 Decree on the establishment of the Krasnyi Lyman United Territorial Community] in website Ministry of Regional Development[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/05/%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%8F%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8F_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8_%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%86%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%97_%D0%9E%D0%94%D0%90_%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%B4_14_%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%BD%D1%8F_2016_%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%83_%E2%84%96_588.pdf Description of Lyman Community in Perspective plan for the formation of community territories of Donets Oblast (new edition). Endorsed by decree of the governor of Donetsk Oblast.Page 5-6][http://static.rada.gov.ua/zakon/new/NEWSAIT/ADM/d52.rtf - Scheme of Administrative Territorial Units of Donetsk Oblast]: towns of City of regional significance, page 5-7

History

Before 1917, the raion was part of the Kharkov Governorate.

Until May 2016, raion was known as Krasnyi Lyman Raion ({{langx|uk|Краснолиманський район}}). On 19 May 2016, Verkhovna Rada adopted a decision to rename Krasnyi Lyman Raion to Lyman Raion according to the law prohibiting names of Communist origin.{{cite web|url=http://lb.ua/news/2016/05/19/335516_rada_pereimenovala_komsomolsk.html|script-title=ru:Рада переименовала Комсомольск в Горишние Плавни|date=19 May 2016|publisher=lb.ua|language=Russian|accessdate=2 June 2016}} Krasnyi Lyman was previously renamed to Lyman according to the same law.

Demographics

As of the 2001 Ukrainian census:{{citation |url=http://donetskstat.gov.ua/census/census.php?ncp=11 |script-title=uk:Національний склад та рідна мова населення Донецької області. Розподіл постійного населення за найбільш численними національностями та рідною мовою по міськрадах та районах |language=Ukrainian |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207045443/http://donetskstat.gov.ua/census/census.php?ncp=11&ncp1=6 |archivedate=2012-02-07 }}

;Ethnicity

  • Ukrainians: 83.3%
  • Russians: 15%

Environment

The national nature park Svyati Hory is 404.48 km² and it contains plant life from the region of the Seversky Donets River. The park contains over 1,008 different plants, almost 20% of them being endemic plants. Forty-six plants that grow here and 50 types of animals are entered into the Ukraine's Red Book of Rare Species. The fauna contains 43 types of mammals, 194 types of birds, 10 types of reptiles, 9 types of amphibians and 40 types of fish.

Another nature preserve is the Melova Flora. Known for its plant life, the preserve has an area of 11.34 km².

See also

References

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