Raion

:See rayon for the textile made of processed cellulose.

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Rayon - Textile - Cellulose

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A raion (or rayon) ({{lang-ru/uk| ??????}}; Belarusian ????), is a subnational entity of Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Latvia, Moldova, the Russian Federation, Ukraine, and the former Soviet Union. As an administrative subdivision, the term was introduced by the Soviet administrative reform of 1923 ? 1929 that transformed many former volosts and uyezds of the Russian Empire into raions.

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Belarusian - Subnational entity - Azerbaijan - Belarus - Georgia - Latvia - Moldova - Russian Federation - Ukraine - Soviet Union - 1923 - 1929 - Volost - Uyezd - Russian Empire

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A raion is usually an entity two steps below the national level. It can be a subordinate part:

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• of a voblast (in Belarus);
• of an oblast, krai, autonomous republic, autonomous district, or big city (in Russia);
• of a small Soviet republic (SSR), oblast, krai, republic, or a big city of a large SSR (in the now-defunct Soviet Union);
• of an oblast, a big city, or the Autonomous Republic of Crimea (in Ukraine).

Raion can be best translated as "district". Typically, raions have some degree of self-governance in the form of a popularly elected district council (Raysovet) and the local head of administration, sometimes elected and sometimes appointed.

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District - Raysovet

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