Vitovka Raion


Vitovka Raion is located in Mykolaiv Oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center is the city of Mykolaiv, which is incorporated separately as a city of oblast significance and does not belong to the raion. Population:

History

In 1939, Mykolaiv Rural Raion in Mykolaiv Oblast was established with the center in the city of Mykolaiv. On 12 September 1944, Mykolaiv Raion was renamed Zhovtneve Raion, and the administrative center of the raion was transferred from Mykolaiv to the city of Zhovtneve. On 27 December 1973, Zhovtneve was merged into the city of Mykolaiv, and therefore Mykolaiv became the administrative center of the raion. Mykolaiv Raion, which existed between 1923 and 1930, and since 1963, though has its administrative center in the city of Mykolaiv as well, was and is located in a different area. On 19 May 2016, Zhovtneve Raion was renamed to Vitovka Raion conform to the law prohibiting names of Communist origin.