Chyhyryn Raion

Chyhyrynskyi Raion
Raion
Flag of Chyhyrynskyi Raion
Flag		Coat of arms of Chyhyrynskyi Raion
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 49°9′43.9″N 32°30′27.5″E / 49.162194°N 32.507639°E / 49.162194; 32.507639Coordinates: 49°9′43.9″N 32°30′27.5″E / 49.162194°N 32.507639°E / 49.162194; 32.507639
Country  Ukraine
Subdivisions
Population (2017)
 • Total 264,508
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)
Area code +380

Chyhyryn Raion (Ukrainian: Чигири́нський райо́н) is a raion (district) of Cherkasy Oblast, central Ukraine. Its administrative centre is located at the town of Chyhyryn. Population: 26,458 (2017 est.)[1]

During the Ukrainian War of Independence the region was proclaimed the "Kholodny Republic" (led by local Vasyl Chuchupak[2]) which strived for Ukrainian independence from the Soviet Union.[2][3] The Kholodny Republic lasted from 1919 to 1922.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Russian-Ukrainian war never stopped", Gazeta.ua (12 December 2014)
  3. 1 2 (in Ukrainian) Gerashchenko offers a National Park "Cold Yar", Ukrinform (19 October 2016)
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