Bereznehuvate Raion

Bereznehuvatskyi Raion Березнегуватський район
Raion
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Coordinates:
Country	Ukraine
Region	Mykolaiv Oblast
Established	1923
Admin. center	Bereznehuvate
Subdivisions	List   0 — city councils   1 — settlement councils 14 — rural councils Number of localities:   0 — cities   1 — urban-type settlements 21 — villages   2 — rural settlements
Government
• Governor	Anatoliy Kruts
Area
• Total	1,263 km2 (488 sq mi)
Population (2015)
• Total	20,602
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Postal index	56200—56254
Area code	+380 5168
Website	http://berezneguvate.com.ua

Bereznehuvate Raion (Ukrainian: Березнегуватський район) is located in Mykolaiv Oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center is the urban-type settlement of Bereznehuvate. Population: 20,602 (2015 est.)

History

Administratively, since 1776 the area belonged to Khersonsky Uyezd, which was shuffled between different governorates of the Russian Empire: Yekaterinoslav Viceroyalty until 1795, Voznesensk Viceroyalty until 1796, Novorossiya Governorate until 1803, Kherson Governorate until 1920, Nikolayev Governorate until 1921, and Odessa Governorate until 1923, when uyezds were abolished in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic; the governorates were divided into okruhas. In 1923, Bereznehuvate Raion of Kherson Okruha, with the administrative center in Bereznehuvate, was estabished. In 1925, the governorates were abolished, and okruhas were directly subordinated to Ukrainian SSR. In 1930, okruhas were abolished. In 1935, Bereznehuvate Raion was transferred into Odessa Oblast. On 22 September 1937, Mykolaiv Oblast was established on lands which previously belonged to Dnipropetrovsk and Odessa Oblasts, and Bereznehuvate Raion became part of newly created Mykolaiv Oblast.

In March and April 1944, Bereznegovatoye–Snigirevka Offensive, a part of major Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive of the Soviet army during the last phase of World War II, took place around Bereznehuvate.