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Chernihiv Governorate

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1918–1925
  
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Established
  
February 27, 1918

Capital
  
Chernihiv

Disestablished
  
August 01, 1925

Chernihiv Governorate

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 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

    • References

    Chernihiv Governorate Wikipedia
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