Chernihiv Governorate

Chernihiv Governorate
Чернігівська губернія
Governorate of the Ukrainian State and the Ukrainian SSR
1918–1925

  Chernihiv Governorate
CapitalChernihiv
Area 
• (1897)
52,396 km2 (20,230 sq mi)
Population 
• (1897)
2,298,000
History 
• Established
27 February 1918
• Disestablished
1 August 1925
Political subdivisionscounties: 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 ofChernihiv Oblast
Kyiv Oblast
Bryansk Oblast
Kursk Oblast
Gomel Region
Chernigov Governorate
Черниговская губерния
Governorate of the Russian Empire (1802–1917), and the Ukrainian People's Republic (1917–1918)
1802–1918
Coat of arms of Chernigov
Coat of arms

Location in the Russian Empire
CapitalChernihiv
Area 
• (1897)
52,396 km2 (20,230 sq mi)
Population 
• (1897)
2,298,000
History 
• Established
27 February 1802
• Disestablished
1 August 1918
Political subdivisionsuezds: 15
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Little Russia Governorate (1796–1802)
Chernihiv Governorate
Today part ofChernihiv Oblast
Kyiv Oblast
Bryansk Oblast
Chernigov Governorate map

Chernihiv Governorate[a] was an administrative-territorial unit of the Ukrainian State and the Ukrainian SSR, existing from 1918 to 1925. It was inherited from the Russian system of territorial subdivisions that existed prior to World War I. Specifically, Chernigov Governorate[b] was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of the Russian Empire. It included the territory of the left-bank Ukraine and was officially created in 1802 from Malorossiya Governorate with its capital in Chernigov (Chernihiv). Little Russia Governorate was transformed into the General Government of Little Russia and consisted of Chernigov Governorate, Poltava Governorate, and later Kharkov Governorate.

Chernigov Governorate borders are roughly consistent with the modern Chernihiv Oblast, but also included a large section of Sumy Oblast and smaller sections of the Kyiv Oblast of Ukraine, in addition to most of the Bryansk Oblast of Russia.
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