Sverdlovsk Raion

Sverdlovskyi Raion
Свердловський район
Raion
Coordinates: 47°56′24″N 39°38′33″E / 47.94000°N 39.64250°E / 47.94000; 39.64250Coordinates: 47°56′24″N 39°38′33″E / 47.94000°N 39.64250°E / 47.94000; 39.64250
Country  Ukraine
Region Luhansk Oblast
Established 1938
Admin. center Sverdlovsk
Subdivisions
Area
  Total 1,132 km2 (437 sq mi)
Population (2013)
  Total Decrease 12,039
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Postal index 94820—94871
Area code +380 6434
This article is about a subdivision of Luhansk Oblast in the Eastern Ukraine. For other similar subdivisions elsewhere, see Sverdlovsky District.

Sverdlovsk Raion (Ukrainian: Свердловський район) is a raion (district) in Luhansk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion is the town of Sverdlovsk, which is incorporated separately as a city of oblast significance and does not belong to the raion. Population: 12,039(2013 est.)[1].

Since 2014, the raion has been controlled by forces of the Luhansk People's Republic.[2]

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