Pervomaiske Raion

Pervomaiske Raion (Ukrainian: Первомайський район, Russian: Первомайский район, Crimean Tatar: Curçı rayonı) was one of the twenty-five regions of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Ukraine until its abolition in 2020.

Russia, which has occupied the entire Crimean Peninsula since 2014, continues to use it as part of its administration, the Republic of Crimea.

The raion is named after its administrative center, the urban-type settlement of Pervomaiske.

[1] In July 2020, Ukraine conducted an administrative reform throughout its de jure territory.

[citation needed] Pervomaiske Raion was abolished, and its territories to become a part of Qurman Raion, but this has not yet been implemented due to the ongoing Russian occupation.

In July 2020, the Verkhovna Rada approved an administrative reform in Crimea