Katerynopil Raion
| Katerynopilskyi Raion Катеринопільський район | |||
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| Raion | |||
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 Raion location in Cherkasy Oblast | |||
| Country |
 Ukraine | ||
| Province |
 Cherkasy Oblast | ||
| Created | 1923 | ||
| Admin. center | Katerynopil | ||
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | ||
| Postal code | 20500—20545 | ||
| Area code | +380 4742 | ||
Katerynopil Raion (Ukrainian: Катеринопільський район) is a raion (district) of Cherkasy Oblast in central Ukraine. Its administrative center is located at Katerynopil. The raion covers an area of 672,2 square kilometres and as of 2011 it had a population of 25,128 people.[1]
People from Katerynopil Raion
- Semen Hryzlo (1887), Ukrainian military and civil activist, organizer of the Free Cossacks.[2]
- Viacheslav Chornovil, Ukrainian politician, earlier a prominent Ukrainian dissident to the Soviet policies
References
- ↑ "Katerynopil raion". Cherkasy Oblast State Administration (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 13 January 2012.
- ↑ "Famous Personas - Born in Katerynopil". Who-is-Who.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 13 January 2012.
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