{{Short description|Former subdivision of Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine}} {{Infobox settlement <!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions --> | name = Kozelets Raion | native_name = Козелецький район | native_name_lang = uk<!-- ISO 639-2 code e.g. "fr" for French. --> | settlement_type = Raion | image_skyline = | image_alt = | image_caption = | image_flag = Flag of Kozelets raion.svg | flag_alt = Flag of Kozelets Raion | image_shield = Kozeleckyi rayon prapor.png | shield_alt = Coat of arms of Kozelets Raion | image_map = Kozeletskyi-Raion.png | mapsize = 200px | map_alt = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = | coordinates = {{coord|50|54|0|N|31|07|0|E|type:adm2nd_region:UA|display=inline,title}} | coor_pinpoint = | coordinates_footnotes = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{UKR}} | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = Chernihiv Oblast | parts_type = Subdivisions | parts_style = coll | p1 = &nbsp;&nbsp;1&nbsp;— city councils | p2 = &nbsp;&nbsp;2&nbsp;— settlement councils | p3 = 40&nbsp;— rural councils | p4 = '''Number of localities:'''<br/>&nbsp;&nbsp;1&nbsp;— cities | p5 = &nbsp;&nbsp;{{nowrap|2&nbsp;— urban-type settlements}} | p6 = 106&nbsp;— villages | p7 = &nbsp;&nbsp;2&nbsp;— rural settlements | established_title1 = Established | established_date1 = 7 March 1923 | established_title2 = Disestablished | established_date2 = 18 July 2020 | seat_type = Admin. center | seat = Kozelets | government_footnotes = | leader_party = | leader_title = Governor | leader_name = Sergey Andreev <ref>{{cite web|title=Head of raion state administration|work=Kozelets Raion State Administration|url=http://kozadm.cg.gov.ua/index.php?id=693&tp=3&pg=single_page.php|accessdate=25 March 2013|language=Ukrainian|archive-date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303211942/http://kozadm.cg.gov.ua/index.php?id=693&tp=3&pg=single_page.php|url-status=dead}}</ref> | leader_title1 = Chairman | leader_name1 = {{nowrap|Volodymyr Ponomarenko}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Raion council|work=Kozelets Raion State Administration|url=http://kozadm.cg.gov.ua/index.php?id=696&tp=1&pg=person_list.php|accessdate=25 March 2013|language=Ukrainian}}</ref> | unit_pref = Metric<!-- or US or UK --> | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 2660 | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | population_footnotes = | population_total = 42282 {{decrease}} | population_as_of = 2020 | population_density_km2 = auto | timezone1 = EET | utc_offset1 = +02:00 | timezone1_DST = EEST | utc_offset1_DST = +03:00 | postal_code_type = Postal index | postal_code = 17000—17085 | area_code_type = Area code | area_code = +380 4646 | iso_code = | website = [http://kozadm.cg.gov.ua/ http://kozadm.cg.gov.ua] | footnotes = }} '''Kozelets Raion''' ({{langx|uk|Козелецький район}}, {{lang|uk-Latn|Kozelets'kyi raion}}) was one of the 22 administrative raions (a ''district'') of Chernihiv Oblast in northern Ukraine. Its administrative center was located at the urban-type settlement of Kozelets. Its population was 61,636 in the 2001 Ukrainian Census.<ref name=rada>{{cite web|title=Kozelets Raion, Chernihiv Oblast|url=http://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/z7502/A005?rdat1=25.03.2013&rf7571=40025|work=Regions of Ukraine and their Structure|publisher=Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine|accessdate=25 March 2013|language=Ukrainian}}{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> 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 Kozelets Raion was merged into Chernihiv Raion.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ.|url=http://www.golos.com.ua/article/333466|access-date=2020-10-03|date=2020-07-18|website=Голос України|language=uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Нові райони: карти + склад |url=https://www.minregion.gov.ua/press/news/novi-rajony-karty-sklad/ |publisher=Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України |language=Ukrainian}}</ref> The last estimate of the raion population was {{Ua-pop-est2020|42,282}}

==Geography== Kozelets Raion was located in the southwestern part of the Chernihiv Oblast,<ref name=ch>{{cite web|title=Raions of the oblast / Kozeletskyi Raion|url=http://www.chernihiv-oblrada.gov.ua/index.php?th=cat&cat_id=69&item_id=352|work=Chernihiv Oblast Council|accessdate=25 March 2013|language=Ukrainian|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121222083025/http://www.chernihiv-oblrada.gov.ua/index.php?th=cat&cat_id=69&item_id=352|archive-date=22 December 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> corresponding to the modern-day boundaries of the Polissia historical regions. To its west and south, it bordered upon Vyshhorod and Brovary Raions of Kyiv Oblast. Its total area constituted {{convert|2660|km2|mi2|lk=on}},<ref name=rada/> constituting 8.3 percent of the total area of Chernihiv Oblast.<ref name=ch/>

==History== As part of a full-scale administrative reorganization of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, the Oster Raion was created on March 7, 1923, as an administrative entity of the Nizhyn Okruha; later in July of that year, the Kozelets Raion was also created.<ref name=hist>{{cite web|title=Historical reference|url=http://kozadm.cg.gov.ua/index.php?id=684&tp=1&pg=single_page.php|work=Kozelets Raion State Administration|accessdate=25 March 2013|language=Ukrainian}}</ref> During the Holodomor, 508 people died throughout 36 settlements in the Kozelets Raion.<ref name=hist/>

==Administrative divisions== At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of four hromadas:<ref>{{cite web |title=Козелецька районна рада (состав до 2020 г.) |url=https://gromada.info/ru/region/Черниговская-область/Козелецкий-район/ |publisher=Портал об'єднаних громад України |language=Russian}}</ref> * Desna settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Desna; * Kipti rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Kipti; * Kozelets settlement hromada with the administration in Kozelets; * Oster urban hromada with the administration in the city of Oster.

Kozelets Raion was divided in a way that followed the general administrative scheme in Ukraine. Local government was also organized along a similar scheme nationwide. Consequently, raions were subdivided into councils, which were the prime level of administrative division in the country.

Each of the raion's urban localities administered their own councils, often containing a few other villages within its jurisdiction. However, only a handful of rural localities were organized into councils, which also might contain a few villages within its jurisdiction.

Accordingly, the Kozelets Raion was divided into:<ref name=rada/> * 1 city council—made up of the city of Oster * 2 settlement councils—made up of the urban-type settlements of Desna and Kozelets (administrative center) * 40 village councils

Overall, the raion had a total of 111 populated localities, consisting of one city, two urban-type settlements, 106 villages, and 2 rural settlements.<ref name=rada/>

==Places of interest== * Mizhrichynskyi Regional Landscape Park<ref>{{cite web|title=Regional Landscape Park Mizhrichynskyi|url=http://ukrainaincognita.com/chernigivska-oblast/kozeletskyi-raion/otrokhy/regionalnyi-landshaftnyi-park-mizhrichynskyi-prosto-fo|work=Ukraina Incognita|accessdate=25 March 2013|language=Ukrainian}}</ref> * Cathedral of the Nativity in Kozelets<ref>{{cite web|url=http://castles.com.ua/index.php?id=kozelec|title=Kozelets. Cathedral of the Nativity|accessdate=26 March 2013|work=castles.com.ua|language=Ukrainian}}</ref>

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==External links== {{Commons category|Kozelets Raion}} * {{cite web|title=Main Page|url=http://kozadm.cg.gov.ua/|work=Kozelets Raion State Administration|accessdate=25 March 2013|language=Ukrainian}} * {{cite web|title=Official site|url=http://kozrada.org.ua/|work=Kozelets Raion Council|accessdate=25 March 2013|language=Ukrainian|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130321093456/http://kozrada.org.ua/|archivedate=21 March 2013|df=}}

{{Geographic location | title = '''Administrative geographic location''' | Center = Kozelets Raion | North = Chernihiv Raion | Northeast = Kulykivka Raion | East = Nosivka Raion | Southeast = Bobrovytsia Raion | South = Brovary Raion, Kyiv Oblast | Southwest = ''Desna River'' | West = Vyshhorod Raion, Kyiv Oblast<br/>''Kyiv Reservoir'' | Northwest = Brahin Raion, Gomel Region, Belarus }}

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Category:Former raions of Chernihiv Oblast Category:States and territories established in 1923 Category:1923 establishments in Ukraine Category:Ukrainian raions abolished during the 2020 administrative reform