Novoaidar Raion


Novoaidar Raion is a raion in Luhansk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion is the urban-type settlement of Novoaidar. Population:.

History

Starting mid-April 2014 pro-Russian separatists captured several towns and raions in Luhansk Oblast; Ukrainian forces reportedly removed the separatists from the last village in the Novoaidar Raion under separatist control, Krymsky, on 20 October 2014.
To facilitate the governance of Luhansk Oblast during the War in Donbass, the Verkhovna Rada on 7 October 2014 made some changes in the administrative divisions, so that the localities in the government-controlled areas were grouped into districts. In particular, the town of Shchastya was transferred from Luhansk Municipality to Novoaidar Raion. Some areas were transferred to the raion from Slovianoserbsk Raion.

Demographics

As of the 2001 Ukrainian census:
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