Yasynuvata Raion
Yasynuvata Raion is one of the 18 administrative raions of Donetsk Oblast, located in southeastern Ukraine. The administrative center of the district is the city of Yasynuvata, which is incorporated separately as a city of oblast significance and does not belong to the districts jurisdiction. Population:History
On 9 December 2014, following the events surrounding the War in Donbass, the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's national parliament, moved Yasynuvats’kyi district's administration buildings and government to вул. Першотравнева 12, in Ocheretyne urban-type settlement, which is near about 35 km north-northwest of Donetsk. The raion is located 20 kilometers from the frontline of the War in Donbass.
The city Yasynuvata is under control of the pro-Russian separatists Donetsk People's Republic. Early February 2016 well known separatist Pavel Gubarev was appointed Yasynuvata Raion mayor by the Donetsk People's Republic.Demographics
National composition of the population in the district according to the 2001 Ukrainian Census.
