Nikolske Raion
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Template:Infobox Ukrainian raion Nikolske Raion (Template:Lang-uk), until May 2016 Volodarske Raion (Template:Lang-uk), is one of the 33 regions of Donetsk Oblast, located in southwestern Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion is the urban-type settlement of Nikolske. Population: 29,284 (2013 est.)[1].
On 21 May 2016, Verkhovna Rada adopted decision to rename Volodarske Raion to Nikolske Raion according to the law prohibiting names of Communist origin.[2] The raion center, Volodarske, was previously renamed to Nikolske.
Population
Ethnic groups in the raion, according to the 2001 Ukrainian Census:[3]
| Ethnicity | Number | Proportion |
| Ukrainians | 16,494 | 52.9% |
| Russians | 7,538 | 24.2% |
| Greeks | 6,223 | 20.0% |
| Belarusians | 233 | 0.7% |
References
- ^ Чисельність наявного населення України [Actual population of Ukraine] (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 2014-02-02. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ^ "Pro perejmenuvannja dejakih naselenih punktіv" (in Ukrainian). Holos Ukrainy. 21 May 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
- ^ National composition and native language of the Donetsk Oblast.
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