| Velykonovosilkivskyi Raion | |
| Native Name: | Великоновосілківський район |
| Native Name Lang: | uk |
| Settlement Type: | Raion |
| Flag Alt: | Flag of Velykonovosilkivskyi Raion |
| Shield Alt: | Coat of arms of Velykonovosilkivskyi Raion |
| Mapsize: | 250px |
| Coordinates: | 47.8412°N 36.8356°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Oblast |
| Parts Type: | Subdivisions |
| Parts Style: | coll |
| P1: | 0 — city councils |
| P2: | 1 — settlement councils |
| P3: | 61 — rural councils |
| P4: | Number of localities: 0 — cities |
| P5: | |
| P6: | 51 — villages |
| P7: | 15 — rural settlements |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Established Date: | 1923 |
| Established Title1: | Disestablished |
| Established Date1: | 18 July 2020 |
| Seat Type: | Admin. center |
| Seat: | Velyka Novosilka |
| Leader Title: | Governor |
| Leader Name: | Sergiy Dmitriev |
| Leader Title1: | Chairman |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 1900 |
| Population Total: | 37144 |
| 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: | 85500-84583 |
| Area Code Type: | Area code |
| Area Code: | +380 6243 |
Velyka Novosilka Raion (Ukrainian: Великоновосілківський район) was one of the raions (districts) of Donetsk Oblast, southeastern Ukraine, from 1923 to 2020. The administrative center of the raion was the urban-type settlement of Velyka Novosilka. The last estimate of the raion population was
In 1932, it was included in the newly created Donetsk Oblast. At the time, it was referred to as a national raion for ethnic Greeks in Ukraine. Previously, it had been part of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.[1]
On 15 May 2014 (during the early phase of the War in Donbas) the Donbas Battalion secured the district from pro-Russian separatists loyal to the Donetsk People's Republic.[2] According to (the then commander the Donbas Battalion) Semen Semenchenko the local police chief, deputies from the Party of Regions and the chairman of the district council "fled in an unknown direction."[2]
The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Donetsk Oblast to eight, of which only five were controlled by the government.[3] [4]
According to the 2001 Ukrainian Census,[5]
| Ethnicity | |||
| Ukrainians | 31,850 | 64.6% | |
| Greeks | 9,730 | 19.7% | |
| Russians | 6,568 | 13.3% | |
| Belarusians | 240 | 0.5% | |
| Turks | 168 | 0.3% |