Rozivka Raion Explained

Rozivka Raion
Native Name:Розівський район
Native Name Lang:uk
Settlement Type:Raion
Flag Alt:Flag of Rozivka Raion
Shield Alt:Coat of arms of Rozivka Raion
Mapsize:225px
Coordinates:47.46°N 37.0147°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Ukraine
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1: Zaporizhzhia Oblast
Parts Type:Subdivisions
Parts Style:coll
P1:  0 — city councils
P2:  1 — settlement councils
P3:7 — rural councils

P4:Number of localities:
  0 — cities
P5:  
P6:25 — villages
P7:   — rural settlements
Established Title1:Established
Established Date1:26 June 1992
Established Title2:Disestablished
Established Date2:18 July 2020
Seat Type:Admin. center
Seat:Rozivka
Leader Title:Governor
Leader Name:Volodymyr Popov
Leader Title1:Chairman
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:610
Population Total: 8277
Population As Of:2020
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone1:EET
Utc Offset1:+02:00
Timezone1 Dst:EEST
Utc Offset1 Dst:+03:00
Postal Code Type:Postal index
Postal Code:70300—70333
Area Code Type:Area code
Area Code:+380 6162
Website:http://zprozrda.gov.ua

Rozivka Raion (Ukrainian: Розівський район) was a former raion (districts) of Zaporizhzhia Oblast in southern Ukraine. The administrative center of the region was the urban-type settlement of Rozivka. 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 Rozivka Raion was merged into Polohy Raion.[1] [2] The last estimate of the raion population was

On 19 April 2022, during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, a town hall assembly was reportedly organized in Russian-occupied Rozivka, where a majority of attendees (mainly seniors) voted by hand to join the separatist Donetsk People's Republic. This came despite two major issues. The first being that the raion is outside Donetsk Oblast and therefore outside the borders initially claimed by the DPR and its leadership. The second being that the raion hadn't existed for over two years at the time of the vote. Locals claimed the vote was rigged and that organizers threatened anyone voting against with arrest and since the vote the town has been de facto governed by the DPR.[3] [4]

Notes and References

  1. News: Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ.. 2020-10-03. 2020-07-18. Голос України. uk.
  2. Web site: Нові райони: карти + склад . Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України . Ukrainian.
  3. Web site: Thomas van Linge on Twitter: "#Ukraine : the separatist entity #DNR has started to claim areas outside of the #Donbass region as part of its own. Today a sham referendum was held in the village of Rozivka (blue on the map), located in the #Zaporizhzhya oblast, not #Donetsk (orange)" / Twitter . 2022-04-23 . Twitter . en.
  4. Web site: A hall filled with pensioners in the occupied village of Rozovka in the Zaporizhzhia Oblast voted to join the "DNR" Rozivka - Ukraine Interactive map - Ukraine Latest news on live map - liveuamap.com . 2022-04-23 . Ukraine Interactive map - Ukraine Latest news on live map - liveuamap.com . en.