Chernobyl Raion
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Chernobyl Raion (Russian: Чернобыльский район, romanized: Chernobyl'skiy rayon) or Chornobyl Raion (Ukrainian: Чорнобильський район, romanized: Chornobylskyi raion) was a raion in the Soviet Union located in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. It was one of 26 administrative raions (districts) of Kyiv Oblast in northern Ukraine. After the Chernobyl disaster, the majority of the raion was contaminated, and many of its populated places were included into the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, which is an officially designated exclusion area around the site of the disaster.[2]
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Chernobyl Raion Чорнобильський район Chornobyl Raion | |||||||||||
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Raion of Kyiv Oblast | |||||||||||
1923–1988 | |||||||||||
Chernobyl Raion on the map of Kyiv Oblast. The exclusion zone is marked as grey. | |||||||||||
The former Chernobyl Raion (green) was placed under the Ivankiv Raion (yellow). The yellow dot represents the city of Pripyat, autonomous since 1980 | |||||||||||
Capital | Chernobyl | ||||||||||
Area | |||||||||||
• Coordinates | 51°16′N 30°13′E | ||||||||||
• 1984[1] | 2,000 km2 (770 sq mi) | ||||||||||
Population | |||||||||||
• 1984[1] | 44,000 | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
• Established | 1923 | ||||||||||
16 November 1988 | |||||||||||
Political subdivisions | 1 municipality 23 rural councils | ||||||||||
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Today part of | Vyshhorod Raion |
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