Ripky Raion ( uk, Ріпкинський 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 ...
(district) of
Chernihiv Oblast, northern
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 centre was located at the
urban-type settlement
Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...
of
Ripky
Ripky ( uk, Ріпки) is an urban-type settlement in Chernihiv Raion, Chernihiv Oblast (province) of northern Ukraine. The village of Hlynenka is subordinated to Ripky. It hosts the administration of Ripky settlement hromada, one of the hroma ...
. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Chernihiv Oblast to five. The area of Ripky Raion was merged into
Chernihiv Raion
Chernihiv Raion ( uk, Чернігівський район) is a raion (district) of Chernihiv Oblast, northern Ukraine. Its administrative centre is the city of Chernihiv. Population:
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of ...
. The last estimate of the raion population was
At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of three
hromadas:
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Dobrianka settlement hromada
Dobrianka ( uk, Добрянка; russian: Добрянка) is an urban-type settlement in Chernihiv Raion, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Dobrianka settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population:
Do ...
with the administration in the urban-type settlement of
Dobrianka
Dobrianka ( uk, Добрянка; russian: Добрянка) is an urban-type settlement in Chernihiv Raion, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Dobrianka settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population:
Do ...
;
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Liubech settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of
Liubech
Liubech ( uk, Любеч, russian: Любеч, pl, Lubecz) is an urban-type settlement, previously a small ancient town (first mentioned in 882) connected with many important events in the Principality of Chernigov since the times of Kievan Rus'. ...
;
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Ripky settlement hromada with the administration in Ripky.
References
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Former raions of Chernihiv Oblast
1923 establishments in Ukraine
Ukrainian raions abolished during the 2020 administrative reform