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Sverdlovsk Raion

Sverdlovskyi Raion
Свердловський район
Raion
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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

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.).

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

As of the 2001 Ukrainian census:


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