Boikivske Raion

Boikivske Raion (Ukrainian: Бойківський район) or Telmanove Raion (Ukrainian: Тельманівський район, romanized: Telmanivskyi raion) was one of the administrative raions (a district) of Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine from 1934 until 2020. The administrative center of the raion was located in the urban-type settlement of Boikivske, also known as Telmanove. The last estimate of the raion population, reported by the Ukrainian government, was 13,773 (2020 est.).

Boikivske Raion
Бойківський район
Raion
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Coat of arms
Country Ukraine
RegionDonetsk Oblast
Established1934
Disestablished18 July 2020
Admin. centerBoikivske (de jure)
Myrne (de facto, 2014–2020)
Subdivisions
List
  •   0 — city councils
  •   3 — settlement councils
  • 12 — rural councils

  • Number of localities:
      0 — cities
  •   3 — urban-type settlements
  • 53 — villages
  •   4 — rural settlements
Government
 • GovernorOlga Afenkina
Area
 • Total812.92 km2 (313.87 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total 13,773
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index
87100-87182
Area code+380 6279

Since 2014, much of the area of the raion has been controlled by the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), a Russia-supported breakaway state (later explicitly and illegally annexed by Russia).

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