Novopskov Raion
| Novopskovskyi Raion ÐовопÑковÑький район | |||
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| Coordinates: 49°37′25″N 39°7′39″E / 49.62361°N 39.12750°ECoordinates: 49°37′25″N 39°7′39″E / 49.62361°N 39.12750°E | |||
| Country |
 Ukraine | ||
| Region | Luhansk Oblast | ||
| Established | 1923 | ||
| Admin. center | Novopskov | ||
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| Government | |||
| • Governor | Borys Lebedev | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 1,623 km2 (627 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2013) | |||
| • Total |
 35,091 | ||
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | ||
| Postal index | 92300—92355 | ||
| Area code | +380 6463 | ||
| Website | http://nvp.loga.gov.ua | ||
Novopskov Raion (Ukrainian: ÐовопÑковÑький район) is a raion (district) in Luhansk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion is the urban-type settlement of Novopskov. Population: 35,054 (2013 est.)[1].
After the proclamation of the separatist Luhansk People's Republic on 27 April 2014 the province Luhansk became a battlefield of the War in Donbass.[2] Novopskov Raion stayed under Ukrainian governmental control.[3] The separatist referendum on 11 May on independence was not held in the Raion.[4]
References
- ↑ "ЧиÑельніÑÑ‚ÑŒ наÑвного наÑÐµÐ»ÐµÐ½Ð½Ñ Ð£ÐºÑ€Ð°Ñ—Ð½Ð¸ (Actual population of Ukraine)" (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ↑ Ukraine crisis timeline, BBC News
- ↑ http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/ukrainian-army-debaltseve-and-mariupol-areas-key-target-of-militants-strikes-380383.html Ukrainian army: Debaltseve and Mariupol areas key target of militants' strikes], Kyiv Post (15 February 2014)
- ↑ Any violations allowed in Luhansk Oblast referendum, Kyiv Post (11 May 2014)
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