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Starobesheve Raion (Ukrainian: Старобешівський район) was one of the raions of Donetsk Oblast, located in southeastern Ukraine. Its administrative center was the urban-type settlement of Starobesheve.The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Donetsk Oblast to eight.[1][2] The last estimate of the raion population, reported by the Ukrainian government, was 49,313 (2020 est.).[3]

Since 2014, the raion has not been under control of the Ukrainian government and has been controlled by the Donetsk People's Republic militant group [which?], which continues using it as an administrative unit.[4]

Demographics

According to the 2001 Ukrainian Census:[5]

Ethnicity
Ukrainians 29,170 52.1%
Russians 17,761 31.7%
Greeks 7,491 13.4%
Belarusians 397 0.7%
Azerbaijanis 241 0.4%
Germans 171 0.3%
Armenians 122 0.2%

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