Rozdolne Raion

Rozdolne Raion (Ukrainian: Роздольненський район, Russian: Раздольненский район, Crimean Tatar: Aqşeyh rayonı) is a district (raion) within the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, a territory internationally recognized as part of Ukraine, but since 2014 occupied and incorporated by the Russian Federation as the Republic of Crimea.

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

Ukrainians and Russians are the two biggest ethnic groups in the district, accounting for roughly 40% of the population respectively.

Rural areas are often Ukrainian-speaking, while the Russian language is used by the vast majority in population centers.

The historic Black Sea German population mostly migrated to Germany under the right of return as Spätaussiedler, or still resides in Siberia and Kazakhstan, to where they got deported in 1941.

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