| Dovzhansk Raion | |
| Native Name: | Довжанський район |
| Native Name Lang: | uk |
| Settlement Type: | Raion |
| Mapsize: | 225px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Oblast |
| Subdivision Name1: | Luhansk Oblast |
| Parts Type: | Subdivisions |
| Parts: | 2 hromadas |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Established Date: | 2020 |
| Seat Type: | Admin. center |
| Seat: | Dovzhansk (Sverdlovsk) |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 2139 |
| Population Total: | 205,465 |
| Population As Of: | 2022 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Sverdlovskyi Raion | |
| Native Name: | Свердловський район |
| Native Name Lang: | uk |
| Settlement Type: | Raion |
| Flag Alt: | Flag of Sverdlovskyi Raion |
| Shield Alt: | Coat of arms of Sverdlovskyi Raion |
| Mapsize: | 250px |
| Coordinates: | 47.94°N 39.6425°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Luhansk Oblast |
| Parts Type: | Subdivisions |
| Parts Style: | coll |
| P1: | 0 — city councils |
| P2: | 1 — settlement councils |
| P3: | 6 — rural councils |
| P4: | Number of localities: 0 — cities |
| P5: | |
| P6: | 26 — villages |
| P7: | 3 — rural settlements |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Established Date: | 1938 |
| Seat Type: | Admin. center |
| Seat: | Sverdlovsk |
| Leader Title: | Governor |
| Leader Title1: | Chairman |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 1132 |
| Population Total: | 11644 |
| 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: | 94820—94871 |
| Area Code Type: | Area code |
| Area Code: | +380 6434 |
Dovzhansk Raion (uk|Довжанський район; ru|Должанский район) or Sverdlovsk Raion is a raion (district) in Luhansk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion is the city of Sverdlovsk,[2] [3] Population: which is incorporated separately as a city of oblast significance and does not belong to the raion. The last estimates of the population of the raion, reported by the Ukrainian government, were
The area of the raion is controlled by Russia, which continues to use the pre-2020 administrative divisions of Ukraine.
Sverdlovsk Raion was created in 1938, soon after the founding of Sverdlovsk itself by the amalgamation of several local mining villages.[4] In 1962, Sverdlovsk was designated as a city of oblast significance; while it still served as the administrative center of Sverdlovsk Raion, it was no longer part of it, and was instead subordinated directly to Luhansk Oblast. Portions of the raion were also split off and transferred to Krasnodon Raion and Antratsyt Raion.[5]
Territories of Luhansk Oblast have been the subject of fighting by Russian and Russian-controlled militias since 2014. In 2015 a more-or-less stable line of contact was established after the Minsk II ceasefire agreement and conclusion of the battle of Debaltseve, placing the raion on the Russian side (as part of the Luhansk People's Republic), and then directly after the 2022 annexation of four partially occupied Ukrainian oblasts.
In 2016, the Verkhovna Rada renamed Sverdlovsk to Dovzhansk and Sverdlovsk Raion to Dovzhansk Raion, in accordance with the decommunization law, prohibiting the names of Communist origin. On 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Luhansk Oblast to eight, the raion was abolished and reformed as a new Dovzhansk Raion, with its territory significantly extended.[6] [7] Russia continues to use the old name and the old area of the raion.
As of the 2001 Ukrainian census:[8]
The raion contains two hromadas: