Sloviansk Raion


Sloviansk Raion is one of the 18 districts of Donetsk Oblast, located in southeastern Ukraine. The administrative center of the district is the city of Sloviansk, which is separately incorporated as a city of oblast significance and does not belong to the raion. Population:.

Demographics

According to the 2001 Ukrainian Census:
Ethnicity
Ukrainians34,12187.1%
Russians4,11510.5%
Turks1970.5%
Belarusians1780.5%
Romani people1330.3%

2014 fighting

On 2 May 2014, armed clashes were reported in and around Sloviansk with reported casualties, including killed and wounded, and downed helicopters.