Valky Raion

Valky Raion
Валківський район
Raion
Flag of Valky Raion
Flag
Coat of arms of Valky Raion
Coat of arms
Raion location in Kharkiv Oblast
Raion location in Kharkiv Oblast
Coordinates: 49°50′19.2624″N 35°34′43.1328″E / 49.838684000°N 35.578648000°E / 49.838684000; 35.578648000
Country Ukraine
Oblast Kharkiv Oblast
Disestablished18 July 2020
Admin. centerValky
Area
 • Total
1,010.5 km2 (390.2 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
30,791
 • Density30/km2 (79/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Websitehttp://valky-rda.at.ua/

Valky Raion (Ukrainian: Валківський район) was a raion (district) in Kharkiv Oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center was the town of Valky. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kharkiv Oblast to seven. The area of Valky Raion was merged into Bohodukhiv Raion.[1][2] The last estimate of the raion population was 30,791 (2020 est.)[3]

In 1920 the raion was the centre of an anti-Bolshevik uprising.[4] A peasant army, of according to various estimates, 1,500 to 3,500 people proclaimed a "Ukrainian People's Government" in April 1920, but was defeated early May 1920 after a failed attempt to capture Valky and its members were executed.[4]

At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of one hromada,[5] Valky urban hromada with the administration in Valky.

References

  1. ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  2. ^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
  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.
  4. ^ a b (in Russian) THE CITY OF THE REBELLIOUS, Vecherniy Kharkov (15 May 2006)
  5. ^ "Валківська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.