Iziaslav Raion ( uk, Ізяславський район) was a

raion A raion (also spelt rayon) is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet states. The term is used for both a type of subnational entity and a division of a city. The word is from the French (meaning 'honeycomb, department'), and is co ...

Khmelnytskyi Oblast Khmelnytskyi Oblast ( uk, Хмельни́цька о́бласть, translit=Khmelnytska oblast; also referred to as Khmelnychchyna — uk, Хмельни́ччина) is an oblast (province) of western Ukraine covering portions of the histo ...

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

. Its

administrative center An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or ...

was the city of Iziaslav. It was established in 1923. One city and ninety-one villages were located in Iziaslav Raion. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Khmelnytskyi Oblast to three. The area of Iziaslav Raion was merged into

Shepetivka Raion Shepetivka Raion ( uk, Шепетівський район) is a raion in Khmelnytskyi Oblast in Ukraine. Its administrative center is Shepetivka. Its population is On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of ...

. The last estimate of the raion population was

Geography

Iziaslav Raion was a part of

Volhynia Volhynia (also spelled Volynia) ( ; uk, Воли́нь, Volyn' pl, Wołyń, russian: Волы́нь, Volýnʹ, ), is a historic region in Central and Eastern Europe, between south-eastern Poland, south-western Belarus, and western Ukraine. Th ...

. It was one out 20 raions of

. It was a large raion and ranked as the 2nd among the largest with respect to the total area (1,258 km² corresponding to 6.1% of the total area of

). Iziaslav Raion was southwest of

Rivne Oblast Rivne Oblast ( uk, Рі́вненська о́бласть, translit=Rivnenska oblast), also referred to as Rivnenshchyna ( uk, Рі́вненщина) is an oblast (province) of Ukraine. Its administrative center is Rivne. The surface area of th ...

(

Ostroh Raion Ostroh Raion ( uk, Острозький район) was a raion in Rivne Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center was the city of Ostroh Ostroh ( uk, Остро́г; pl, Ostróg) is a historic city located in Rivne Oblast ( provi ...

), northeast of

Slavuta Raion Slavuta Raion ( uk, Славутський район) was a raion of Khmelnytskyi Oblast in Ukraine. Its administrative center was Slavuta which was incorporated separately as city of oblast significance and did not belong to the raion. It was e ...

, west of

, north of

Krasyliv Raion Krasyliv Raion ( uk, Красилівський район, ) was one of the 20 administrative raions (a ''district'') of Khmelnytskyi Oblast in western Ukraine. The raion's administrative center was located in the city of Krasyliv. Its populatio ...

, and northeast of

Teofipol Raion Teofipol Raion ( uk, Теофіпольський район, ) was one of the 20 administrative raions (a Raions of Ukraine, ''district'') of Khmelnytskyi Oblast in western Ukraine. Its Administrative centre, administrative center was located in ...

and

Bilohiria Raion Bilohiria Raion ( uk, Білогірський район) was a raion in Khmelnytskyi Oblast in Ukraine. Its administrative center was the urban-type settlement of Bilohiria. It was established in 1923. 2 urban-type settlements and 72 villages we ...

. The

Horyn The Horyn or Haryn ( uk, Горинь ; be, Гарынь ; russian: Горы́нь; pl, Horyń) is a tributary of the Pripyat, which flows through Ukraine and Belarus. The Horyn is long, and has a drainage basin of .Vilia Vilia ( el, Βίλια; formerly Eidyllia, Ειδυλλία) is a village and a former municipality of West Attica, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Mandra-Eidyllia, of which it is a municipal unit. It ...

, Homora, Hnylyi Rig and other rivers flowed through the district. There were rail lines through the district (

Shepetivka Shepetivka ( uk, Шепеті́вка; pl, Szepetówka) is a city located on the Huska River in Khmelnytskyi Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. Shepetivka is the administrative center of Shepetivka Raion (district). It hosts the administrati ...

—

Ternopil Ternópil ( uk, Тернопіль, Ternopil' ; pl, Tarnopol; yi, טאַרנאָפּל, Tarnopl, or ; he, טארנופול (טַרְנוֹפּוֹל), Tarnopol; german: Tarnopol) is a city in the west of Ukraine. Administratively, Ternopi ...

and

—

Starokostiantyniv Starokostiantyniv ( uk, Старокостянтинів; pl, Starokonstantynów, or ''Konstantynów''; yi, אלט-קאָנסטאַנטין ''Alt Konstantin'') is a city in Khmelnytskyi Raion, Khmelnytskyi Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. I ...

Subdivisions

At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of three

hromada A hromada ( uk, територіальна громада, lit=territorial community, translit=terytorialna hromada) is a basic unit of administrative division in Ukraine, similar to a municipality. It was established by the Government of Ukra ...

s: *

Iziaslav urban hromada Iziaslav may refer to: * Iziaslav, Ukraine, a city * Iziaslav Raion, a former raion in Khmelnytskyi Oblast in Ukraine * Iziaslav IV Vladimirovich (born 1186) * Iziaslav (Brutskiy) (1926–2007), primate of the Belarusian Autocephalous Orthodox Chur ...

with the administration in Iziaslav; *

Pluzhne rural hromada Pluzhne rural territorial hromada ( uk, Плужненська сільська територіальна громада, translit=Pluzhnenska silska terytorialna hromada) is one of the hromadas of Ukraine, located in Shepetivka Raion in north ...

with the administration in the selo of

Pluzhne Pluzhne ( uk, Плужне, be, Плужна, pl, Płuźno, Płuzhno, ) is a selo in Shepetivka Raion, Khmelnytskyi Oblast (province), Ukraine. The village is located on the river Ustya, 24 km away from the city of Iziaslav, 44 km away from S ...

; * Sakhnivtsi rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Sakhnivtsi.

History

From 1923 to 1932 the district was part of the Shepetivka region, then from 1932 to 1937 it was part of the Vinnytsia region. Following that from 1937 to 1954 it was part of the Kamenets Podolsk region. Since 1954 it has been part of the Khmelnytskyi region. Finally Iziaslav Raion was formed September 23, 1959.Адміністративно-територіяльний поділ Заславщини наприкінці XVIII – початку ХХІ ст.

References

External links

ic.km.ua/~izrda
* {{Authority control Former raions of Khmelnytskyi Oblast States and territories established in 1923 1923 establishments in Ukraine Ukrainian raions abolished during the 2020 administrative reform