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6 unusual facts about Raion


Ambal

In the 1623—1624 census book of Mikhail Kaysarov this territory was divided into two uluses, Karyevsky Ulus and Rozhin Ulus.

Nikolai Bartossik

Nikolai Bartossik was born on April 5, 1951, in the Polkivnyche (Ivanky) Mankiwskyi Raion (District) in Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine.

Raion

However, in smaller countries, it could be the primary level of administrative division (Administrative divisions of Armenia, Administrative divisions of Azerbaijan).

Municipal districts are commonly formed within the boundaries of existing administrative districts, although in practice there are some exceptions to this rule—Neryungrinsky Municipal District in the Sakha Republic, for example, is formed around the town of Neryungri, which neither has a status of nor is a part of any administrative district.

In Bulgaria, raions are subdivisions of three biggest cities: Sofia, Plovdiv and Varna.

Rajon

Raion, a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet countries, spelled rajons in Latvia


Alamudun

Alamudun or Alamedin is a town and northern suburb of Bishkek in Chuy Province of Kyrgyzstan, a seat of Alamudun District (raion).

Baryshivka Raion

Through the raion flow the tributaries of the Dnieper: Trubizh, Krasylivka, Ilta, and the Nedra rivers.

Bilylivka

Bilylivka – village in Ruzhyn raion, Zhytomyr oblast in Ukraine.

Boryspil Raion

Other rivers that flow through the raion include: the left tributaries of the Dnieper: Pavlivka, Mlen, Ikva, and the right tributaries of the Trubizh River: Bochechky, Karan', Vohnyscha, Krasylivka, Al'ta, and Il'tytsia.

Brusyliv

Brusyliv Raion, an administrative raion (district) of Zhytomyr Oblast of Ukraine

Chornukhy Raion

Important rivers within the Dykanskyi Raion include the Vorskla and Orzhytsya rivers.

Dollyar Air Base

Dollyar Air Base is a military airbase in Dollyar (also known as Dəllər or Dəlilər), a municipality of the Shamkir district (rayon) in Azerbaijan.

Drohobych Oblast

In March 1945, Bircha, Lisko, and most of Peremyshl Raion (including Peremyshl city) were transferred to Poland.

Evenk Autonomous Okrug

Administratively, they are now considered to be districts with special status within Krasnoyarsk Krai; municipally, they have a status of municipal districts (see Evenkiysky District).

Feofaniya

The neighborhood is located in the administrative Holosiivskyi Raion (district) amidst the neighborhoods of Holosiiv, Teremky, Pyrohiv and Khotiv.

Hadiach Raion

Important rivers within the Hadyatskyi Raion include the Psel and Horol rivers.

Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast

The Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast is administratively subdivided into 14 districts (raions) as well as 5 cities (municipalities) which represent a separate raion and in direct subordination to the regional government, among which are Bolekhiv, Kalush, Kolomyya, Yaremche, and the administrative center of the region, Ivano-Frankivsk.

Kobeliaky Raion

Important rivers within the Kobeliatskyi Raion include the Dnieper and Vorskla rivers.

Kozelshchyna Raion

Important rivers within the Kozelshchynskyi Raion include the Psel river.

Krasyliv Raion

One of the main rivers that runs through the raion is the Sluch River, a tributary of the Pripyat.

Kremenchuk Raion

Important rivers within the Kremenchutskyi Raion include the Psel and Dnipro rivers.

Lokhvytsia Raion

Important river within the Lokhvytskyi Raion is the Sula River.

Mykola Skrypnyk

Rather than recant, on July 7 he shot himself at his desk at his apartment in Derzhprom at Dzerzhynsky Square (Dzerzhynsky Municipal Raion of Kharkiv city).

Myrhorod Raion

Important rivers within the Myrhorodskyi Raion include the Psel and Khorol rivers.

Ostriv

Chornyi Ostriv, Khmelnytskyi Raion, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine

Partyzanski District

It was named after the Soviet partisans and is the lesser populated raion of the city.

Pechatniki

Pechatniki District, a raion of the South-Eastern Administrative Okrug

Pershotravnevyi Raion

The administrative center of the raion is the city of Manhush.

Plasă

The division of counties into plăși was used starting from the rule of Carol I as Domnitor, throughout the existence of a Romanian Kingdom, and during the first two years of Communist Romania, until they were replaced in 1950 by raions, following the Soviet system.

Pohrebyshche Raion

The Ros River finds its source in the village of Ordyntsi in the Pohrebysche Raion.

Radyvyliv

It is the administrative center of the Radyvyliv Raion (district), and is located south-west of the oblast capital, Rivne, near European route E40.

Skvyra

It is the administrative centre of the Skvyra Raion (district), and is currently a municipality of raion subordinance.

Subdivisions of Kiev

Sviatoshyn (1918 - 1924), created by an administrative reform of Pavlo Skoropadskyi, was incorporated as a sub-raion into Rakhiv-Sviatoshyn

As of 1917, there were 8 Raion Councils (Duma), which were reorganized by Pavlo Skoropadskyi into 17 raions.

Tairov

:For urban settlement in the Ovidiopol Raion, Odessa Oblast (province) of southern Ukraine, see Tairove

Tartar river

The river flows eastward through the whole Kalbajar rayon (de facto Martakert Province) passing through Kalbajar city, Tartar and Barda raions passing

Uladzimir Karyzna

He worked as a teacher of the Belarusian and Russian language and literature in the Opovsk middle school of the Braslaw raion of the Vitsebsk Voblast.

Ushytsia

Stara Ushytsia, an urban-type settlement in the Kamianets-Podilskyi Raion of Khmelnytskyi Oblast in Ukraine

Nova Ushytsia, an urban-type settlement in the Nova-Ushytsia Raion of Khmelnytskyi Oblast

Usvyacha River

The drainage basin of the Usvyacha includes the center and the southeast of Usvyachsky District, the southwest of Kunyinsky District, the northwest of Velizhsky District of Smolensk Oblast, as well as the northwest of Vitebsk Raion.

Viktor Medvedchuk

In April 1974, Medvedchuk and two of his comrades were convicted by the court of Lenin Raion (today the court of Pechersk Raion) in Kiev under article 102 of the Criminal Code of the Ukrainian SSR (beating up a minor).

Vydra

Vydra, Ukraine, a village (selo) in Brodivskyi Raion, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine

Zaslawye

Considering that the Belarusian capital, seat of Minsk Raion, is administratively separated from it, Zaslawye is the most populated settlement of the proper raion.

Zolochiv Raion

Zolochiv Raion is a name of couple of subdivisions in Ukraine.


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