Katerynopil Raion
Katerynopilskyi Raion Катеринопільський район | |||
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Raion | |||
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Raion location in Cherkasy Oblast | |||
Country | Ukraine | ||
Province | Cherkasy Oblast | ||
Created | 1923 | ||
Admin. center | Katerynopil | ||
Area | |||
• Total | 725 km2 (280 sq mi) | ||
Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | ||
• Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | ||
Postal code | 20500—20545 | ||
Area code | +380 4742 |
Katerynopil Raion (Ukrainian: Катеринопільський район) is a raion (district) of Cherkasy Oblast in central Ukraine. Its administrative center is located at Katerynopil. The raion covers an area of 672,2 square kilometres and as of 2011 it had a population of 25,128 people.[1]
People from Katerynopil Raion
- Semen Hryzlo (1887), Ukrainian military and civil activist, organizer of the Free Cossacks.[2]
- Viacheslav Chornovil, Ukrainian politician, earlier a prominent Ukrainian dissident to the Soviet policies
References
- ↑ "Katerynopil raion". Cherkasy Oblast State Administration (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 13 January 2012.
- ↑ "Famous Personas - Born in Katerynopil". Who-is-Who.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 13 January 2012.
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