Chernihiv Governorate

Chernihiv Governorate Чернігівська губернія
Governorate of Ukrainian State and Ukrainian SSR
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Chernihiv Governorate
Capital		Chernihiv
History
•	Established	February 27, 1918
•	Disestablished	August 01, 1925
Area
•	(1897)	52,396 km2 (20,230 sq mi)
Population
•	(1897)	2,298,000
	Density	43.9 /km2  (113.6 /sq mi)
Political subdivisions		counties: 18 (1918–1919) 11 (1919–1923) okruhas: 5 (1923–1925)
Today part of		Chernihiv Oblast Kiev Oblast Bryansk Oblast Kursk Oblast Gomel Region

Chernihiv Governorate (Ukrainian: Чернігівська губернія) 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 the World War I.

Administrative division

The governorate consisted of 18 counties (povits).

• Borzna County
• Hlukhiv County
• Horodnya County
• Homel County (added from the Mogilev Governorate)
• Kozelets County
• Konotop County
• Krolevets County
• Nizhin County
• Novhorod-Siversky County
• Oster County
• Putyvl County (added from the Kursk Governorate)
• Rylsk County (added from the Kursk Governorate)
• Sosnytsia County
• Chernihiv County
• Mhlyn County
• Novozybkiv County
• Starodub County
• Surazh County

External links

• Chernihiv Governorate. Encyclopedia of Ukraine.