Chernihiv Governorate

Chernihiv Governorate Чернігівська губернія
Governorate of Ukrainian State and Ukrainian SSR
1918–1925
Chernihiv Governorate
Capital	Chernihiv
Area
• (1897)	52,396 km2 (20,230 sq mi)
Population
• (1897)	2298000
History
History
• Established	February 27 1918
• Disestablished	August 01 1925
Political subdivisions	counties: 18 (1918–1919) 11 (1919–1923) okruhas: 5 (1923–1925)
Preceded by Succeeded by Chernigov Governorate Mogilev Governorate Kursk Governorate Hlukhiv Okruha Konotop Okruha Nizhyn Okruha Chernihiv Okruha
Today part of	Chernihiv Oblast Kiev Oblast Bryansk Oblast Kursk Oblast Gomel Region

Chernihiv Governorate (Ukrainian: Чернігівська губернія, romanized: Chernihivska huberniia) was one of administrative territorial subdivision of Ukraine in 1918–1925. It was inherited from the Russian system of territorial subdivisions that existed prior to World War I.

Administrative division[]

The governorate consisted of 18 counties (powiats).

• (added from the Mogilev Governorate)
• (added from the Kursk Governorate)
• (added from the Kursk Governorate)

In 1919, the northern Mhlyn, Novozybkiv, Starodub, and Surazh counties, with their mixed Ukrainian–Belarusian–Russian population, were transferred from Ukraine to the newly established Gomel Governorate of the Russian republic.^[1]

In 1925, the governorate’s territory was redistributed among Hlukhiv, Konotop, Nizhyn, and Chernihiv districts (okruhas).^[1]

References[]

External links[]

• Chernihiv Governorate. Encyclopedia of Ukraine.