Vyshhorod Raion
Raion
Native nameВишгородський район
Coordinates50°49′4″N 30°19′23″E
OblastKyiv Oblast
Subdivisions7 hromadas
EstablishedApril 12, 1973
Admin. centerVyshhorod
Unit prefMetric
Population total132136
Population as of2022
Time zoneEET (UTC+02:00)
Time zone (DST)EEST (UTC+03:00)
Area code+380

Vyshhorod Raion (Ukrainian: Вишгородський район) is a raion (district) in Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine. Its administrative center is the city of Vyshhorod. It has a population of The area primarily in the north remains part of the enclosed Chernobyl Exclusion Zone due to high radioactive contamination from the 1986 Chernobyl disaster. The area was significantly affected with permanent resettlements and abandonment.

On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Kyiv Oblast was reduced to seven, and the area of Vyshhorod Raion was significantly expanded. Two abolished raions, Ivankiv and Poliske Raions, as well as the cities of Slavutych and Vyshhorod, which were previously incorporated as cities of oblast significance and did not belong to the raion, were merged into Vyshhorod Raion.[1][2] The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was

Description

The raion was created on April 12, 1973, from territories of Ivankiv Raion and Kyiv-Sviatoshyn Raion. The raion is located around the Kyiv Reservoir. Its administrative center is at the southern edge of the territory.

Before 2020, the raion bordered four other raions of Kyiv Oblast and two other regions of Ukraine – the city of Kyiv and Chernihiv Oblast. To the north and northwest from the raion Ivankiv Raion was located which also included territory of the former Chernobyl Raion, to the west there was Borodianka Raion, to the southwest Vyshhorod Raion bordered with Kyiv-Sviatoshyn Raion, to the south with Obolon Raion of the city of Kyiv, to the southeast with Brovary Raion, while to the east and northeast it bordered Kozelets Raion of Chernihiv Oblast.

Former President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych's private residence Mezhyhirya is located near the village of Novi Petrivtsi.[3][4][5][6]

Subdivisions

Current

After the reform in July 2020, the raion consisted of 7 hromadas:[2]

Obukhiv Raion subdivisions
Hromada (Community)Admin. centerPopulation (2020)Transferred/Retained from
Chernobyl exclusion zoneKyiv[citation needed]0
Dymer settlementDymer21,042
Ivankiv settlementIvankiv28,798Ivankiv Raion;[7]
Petrivtsi ruralNovi Petrivtsi12,001
Pirnove ruralPirnove6,764
Poliske settlementKrasiatychi5,391Poliske Raion;[8]
Slavutych urbanSlavutych24,464city of oblast significance of Slavutych;[9]
Vyshhorod urbanVyshhorod33,276

There are no official residents in the Chernobyl exclusion zone which is under special administration from a state agency. Due to elevated radiation certain people are allowed to live who are known as samosely. The city of Slavutych, an exclave in Chernihiv Oblast, remains a de facto company-type of community connected with the Chernobyl exclusion zone.

Before 2020

Before the 2020 reform, the raion consisted of four hromadas,[10]

  • Dymer settlement hromada with the administration in Dymer;
  • Petrivtsi rural hromada with the administration in Novi Petrivtsi;
  • Pirnove rural hromada with the administration in Pirnove;
  • Vyshhorod urban hromada with the administration in Vyshhorod.

Notable people

References

  1. ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ." (in Ukrainian). Голос України. 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  2. ^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
  3. ^ (in Ukrainian) Янукович заявляет, что он - законный владелец резиденции «Межгорье» Yanukovych said that he - the rightful owner of the residence Mezhyhirya, UNIAN (7 August 2009)
  4. ^ (in Ukrainian) На "Межигір'я" рушила колона автомобілів: активісти хочуть заблокувати президента On the way to the residence of the President of activists stopped by the Berkut, Televiziyna Sluzhba Novyn (1 December 2013)
  5. ^ Euromaidan activists depart for Mezhyhirya residence, Interfax-Ukraine (6 December 2013)
  6. ^ Yanukovych’s smooth ride to Mezhyhirya mansion, Kyiv Post (19 August 2010)
  7. ^ "Іванківська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  8. ^ "Поліська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  9. ^ "Славутичская городская громада" (in Russian). Gromada.info. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  10. ^ "Вишгородська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.