Vitovka Raion
Template:Infobox Ukrainian raion
Vitovka Raion (Ukrainian: Вітовській район) is located in Mykolaiv Oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center is the city of Mykolaiv, which is incorporated separately as a city of oblast significance and does not belong to the raion. Population: 50,755 (2015 est.)[1]
History
In 1939, Mykolaiv Rural Raion (sometimes referred to as Mykolaiv Raion) in Mykolaiv Oblast was established with the center in the city of Mykolaiv.[2] On 12 September 1944, Mykolaiv Raion was renamed Zhovtneve Raion, and the administrative center of the raion was transferred from Mykolaiv to the town of Zhovtneve.[3] On 27 December 1973, Zhovtneve was merged into the city of Mykolaiv, and therefore Mykolaiv became the administrative center of the raion.[2] Mykolaiv Raion, which existed between 1923 and 1930, and since 1963, though has its administrative center in the city of Mykolaiv as well, was and is located in a different area. On 19 May 2016, Zhovtneve Raion was renamed Vitovka Raion conform to the law prohibiting names of Communist origin.[4]
References
- ^ "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
- ^ a b "Районы Николаевской области" (in Russian). Николаевская область. Электронная историческая энциклопедия. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
- ^ "Николаевская область" (in Russian). Николаевская область. Электронная историческая энциклопедия. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
- ^ "На Николаевщине Жовтневый район переименовали в Витовский" (in Russian). Николаевские новости. 19 May 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2016.