Olhynka Raion

{{For|the district in Russia|Olginsky District}}

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| name = Olhynka Raion

| native_name = Ольгинський район

| native_name_lang = uk

| settlement_type = Raion

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| subdivision_name = Soviet Union

| subdivision_type1 = Republic

| subdivision_name1 = Ukrainian SSR

| subdivision_type2 = Oblast

| subdivision_name2 = Donetsk Oblast

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| established_title = Established

| established_date = 13 February 1935

| extinct_title = Abolished

| extinct_date = 10 September 1959

| seat_type = Admin. center

| seat = Olhynka

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Olhynka Raion ({{langx|uk|Ольгинський район}}) was a raion (district) of Donetsk Oblast in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic from 1935 until 1959. Its administrative center was Olhynka.

History

It was formed on 13 February 1935 as Anadol Raion ({{langx|uk|Анадольський район}}).{{cite wikisource |wslanguage=uk |title= ЗЗРРСУУ/1935/4/Про склад нових адміністративних районів Донецької області}} On 31 August the same year, it was renamed to Olhynka Raion.{{cite wikisource|title=ЗЗРРСУУ/1935/24/Про найменування деяких районів і районних центрів УСРР|wslanguage=uk}}

On 10 September 1959, Olhynka Raion was abolished. Its former territory was split between Volnovakha Raion and Marinka Raion.{{cite wikisource|title=Указ Президії ВР УРСР від 10.09.1959 «Про ліквідацію Ольгинського, Старомлинівського і Ямського районів Сталінської області»|wslanguage=uk}}

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