Bilmak Raion
Більмацький район
Raion
Flag of Bilmak Raion
Flag
Coat of arms of Bilmak Raion
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 47°20′31.25″N 36°44′29.58″E / 47.3420139°N 36.7415500°E / 47.3420139; 36.7415500
Country Ukraine
RegionZaporizhzhia Oblast
EstablishedMarch 1923
Disestablished18 July 2020
Admin. centerBilmak
Subdivisions4 hromadas
Area
 • Total1,300 km2 (500 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)[1]
 • Total20,922
 • Density16/km2 (42/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index
71000—71053
Area code+380 6147

Bilmak Raion (Ukrainian: Більмацький район) was one of the raions (districts) of Zaporizhzhia Oblast in southern Ukraine from 1923 until 2020. The administrative center of the region was the urban-type settlement of Bilmak (now Kamianka).

Like its administrative center, it was renamed numerous times during the 20th century. It was eventually abolished in 2020, and its territory merged into Polohy Raion.

Geography

Bilmak Raion had an area of 1,300 square kilometres (500 sq mi). Its terrain is mainly undulating plains, which are cut through by rivers at points, including the Konka river. The raion was located in the Azov Uplands.[2]

History

The raion was established in March 1923 as Tsarekostiantynivka Raion,[lower-alpha 1] at a time when its center was still known as Tsarekostiantynivka.[3] At the time of its creation, it was located in Berdiansk Okruha. In 1925, it was transferred to Mariupol Okruha.[2] In January 1926, when Tsarekostiantynivka was renamed to Pershotravneve, the raion was renamed to Pershotravneve Raion.[3] In 1930, the okruhas were abolished and Pershotravneve Raion was subordinated directly to the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. This was changed in 1932, when it was included in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.[2] In 1935, when the village was renamed yet again to Kuibysheve, the raion was renamed again to Kuibysheve Raion[lower-alpha 2] - both after the Soviet political figure Valerian Kuybyshev.[3] In 1939, Kuibysheve Raion was finally transferred to Zaporizhzhia Oblast, where it would remain until its dissolution.[2]

During World War II, Kuibysheve Raion was occupied by Nazi Germany between October 1941 and September 1943.[2] In 1970, the raion had a population of 53,400 people, of whom 15,300 were urban and 38,100 were rural.[3]

On 21 May 2016, Verkhovna Rada adopted decision to rename Kuibysheve Raion to Bilmak Raion and Kuibysheve to Bilmak according to the law prohibiting names of communist origin.[4] The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Zaporizhzhia Oblast to five. The area of Bilmak Raion was merged into Polohy Raion.[5][6] The last estimate of the raion population was 20,922 (2020 est.).[1]

Administrative divisions

At the time of its dissolution, Bilmak Raion contained four hromadas:[7]

Demographics

Population history
YearPop.±% p.a.
1970 53,400[3]—    
2001 27,578[2]−2.11%
2015 22,757[2]−1.36%
2020 20,922[1]−1.67%

According to the 2001 Ukrainian census, Bilmak Raion had a population of 27,578 people, of whom the majority were ethnically Ukrainians. There were also minorities of ethnic Russians (12%) and Greeks (1%).[2]

The raion had multiple religious communities, including the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate, Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate), Evangelical Baptist Christians, Jehovah's Witnesses, and Seventh-day Adventists.[2]

Notes

  1. ↑ Ukrainian: Царекостянтинівський район
  2. ↑ Ukrainian: Куйбишевський район

References

  1. 1 2 3 Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2020 року / Population of Ukraine Number of Existing as of January 1, 2020 (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 September 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Гетьман, Г. В. (2016-02-01). "Куйбишевський район". Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Vol. 16. Інститут енциклопедичних досліджень НАН України. ISBN 978-966-02-2074-4.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Куйбишеве, Куйбишевський район, Запорізька область". Історія міст і сіл Української РСР (in Ukrainian).
  4. ↑ "Pro perejmenuvannja dejakih naselenih punktiv" (in Ukrainian). Holos Ukrainy. 21 May 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  5. ↑ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  6. ↑ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
  7. ↑ "Більмацький район". Децентралізація в Україні. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
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