Tarutyne Raion (Tarutyne Raion)
Tarutyne Raion (Тарутинський район Tarutyns'kyj rajon) was a raion (administrative division) in Odesa Oblast in southwestern Ukraine. It was in the historical region of Budjak in southern Bessarabia and its administrative seat was Tarutyne. The raion was abolished and its territory was merged into Bolhrad Raion on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Odesa Oblast to seven. The last estimate of the raion population was
In the 2001 Ukrainian Census, the raion had a multi-ethnic population of 45,169 of which 38% were Bessarabian Bulgarians, 25% Ukrainians, 17% Moldovans, 14% Russians, and 6% Gagauz people. The area was formerly home to a number of Bessarabia Germans, which could have once made up a majority in the surrounding areas.
There were several protected areas located in Tarutyne Raion:
* Staromanzyrs'kjy (botanical preserve)
* Dibrova Mohylevs'ka (landscape preserve)
* Dibrova Manzyrs'ka (landscape preserve)
* Tarutyns'kyj steppe (landscape preserve)
In the 2001 Ukrainian Census, the raion had a multi-ethnic population of 45,169 of which 38% were Bessarabian Bulgarians, 25% Ukrainians, 17% Moldovans, 14% Russians, and 6% Gagauz people. The area was formerly home to a number of Bessarabia Germans, which could have once made up a majority in the surrounding areas.
There were several protected areas located in Tarutyne Raion:
* Staromanzyrs'kjy (botanical preserve)
* Dibrova Mohylevs'ka (landscape preserve)
* Dibrova Manzyrs'ka (landscape preserve)
* Tarutyns'kyj steppe (landscape preserve)
Map - Tarutyne Raion (Tarutyne Raion)
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During the Middle Ages, Ukraine was the site of early Slavic expansion and the area later became a key centre of East Slavic culture under the state of Kievan Rus', which emerged in the 9th century. The state eventually disintegrated into rival regional powers and was ultimately destroyed by the Mongol invasions of the 13th century. The area was then contested, divided, and ruled by a variety of external powers for the next 600 years, including the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, the Austrian Empire, the Ottoman Empire, and the Tsardom of Russia. The Cossack Hetmanate emerged in central Ukraine in the 17th century, but was partitioned between Russia and Poland, and ultimately absorbed by the Russian Empire. Ukrainian nationalism developed, and following the Russian Revolution in 1917, the short-lived Ukrainian People's Republic was formed. The Bolsheviks consolidated control over much of the former empire and established the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, which became a constituent republic of the Soviet Union when it was formed in 1922. In the early 1930s, millions of Ukrainians died in the Holodomor, a man-made famine. During World War II, Ukraine was devastated by the German occupation.
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