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 | | |
| Ukrainians | 34,121 | 87.1% |
| Russians | 4,115 | 10.5% |
| Turks | 197 | 0.5% |
| Belarusians | 178 | 0.5% |
| Romani people | 133 | 0.3% |
On 2 May 2014, armed clashes were reported in and around Sloviansk with reported casualties, including killed and wounded, and downed helicopters.
