Vyshhorod Raion

Description

The raion was created on April 12, 1973, from territories of Ivankiv Raion and Kyiv-Sviatoshyn Raion. The raion is located around the Kyiv Reservoir. Its administrative center is at the southern edge of the territory.

Before 2020, the raion bordered four other raions of Kyiv Oblast and two other regions of Ukraine – the city of Kyiv and Chernihiv Oblast. To the north and northwest from the raion Ivankiv Raion was located which also included territory of the former Chernobyl Raion, to the west there was Borodianka Raion, to the southwest Vyshhorod Raion bordered with Kyiv-Sviatoshyn Raion, to the south with Obolon Raion of the city of Kyiv, to the southeast with Brovary Raion, while to the east and northeast it bordered Kozelets Raion of Chernihiv Oblast.

Former President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych's private residence Mezhyhirya is located near the village of Novi Petrivtsi.

Subdivisions

Current

After the reform in July 2020, the raion consisted of 7 hromadas:

There are no official residents in the Chernobyl exclusion zone which is under special administration from a state agency. Due to elevated radiation certain people are allowed to live who are known as samosely. The city of Slavutych, an exclave in Chernihiv Oblast, remains a de facto company-type of community connected with the Chernobyl exclusion zone.

Before 2020

Before the 2020 reform, the raion consisted of four hromadas,{{cite web |title= Вишгородська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.) |url=https://gromada.info/ru/region/Киевская-область/Вышгородский-район/ |publisher=Портал об'єднаних громад України |language=Russian}}

• Dymer settlement hromada with the administration in Dymer;
• Petrivtsi rural hromada with the administration in Novi Petrivtsi;
• Pirnove rural hromada with the administration in Pirnove;
• Vyshhorod urban hromada with the administration in Vyshhorod.

Notable people

• Peter Andreychuk (1892-1937), victim of religious persecution
• Hanna Veres, textile artist

Gallery

File:Vyshgorodskyi-Raion.png|Vyshhorod Raion in Kyiv Oblast (1966-2020) File:Vyshgorodskyi.gif|Vyshhorod Raion map before the 2020 raion reform File:Vyshhorodraionmap.jpg|Vyshhorod Raion map after the 2020 raion reform File:Vyshgorod-raion.jpg|Vyshhorod Raion map after the 2020 raion reform

References

References

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9. "Славутичская городская громада". Gromada.info.