Mikroraion

Raions in turn are divided into mikroraions, analogous to neighborhoods. […] Zheks and mikroraions emphasize citizen involvement on a cooperative, voluntary basis.

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The work in regard to the untiring improvement of the living conditions of the population deserves special recognition. Evidence of this is the comprehensive conception of the development of Vilnius, which is embodied in the construction of beautiful, modern mikroraions, in the reconstruction of the historic zones of the city, and the solicitous attitude toward them.

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Each mikroraion has its traffic-free housing areas, together with central shops, schools and recreational facilities. By 1990 Solntsevo’s population had grown to 67,500. However there are still problems:— • There are not enough shops in the mikroraions.

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Attempts by the Soviet authorities in the 1920s to create designated Jewish regions in Ukraine and Crimea were largely unsuccessful, in part because of hostility from the local population in these regions, although some nominally Jewish administrative sub-counties (mikroraiony) existed in southern Ukraine prior to the Nazi German invasion of the USSR in 1941.

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