Chernigov Governorate

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Chernigov Governorate

Черниговская губернiя

An old map showing the Chernigov Governorate.
Capital city	Chernigov
Area	52,396 km² (1897)
Population (1897) - Density	2,298,000 44 p/km²
Uyezds	15 (1795-1919) 11 (1919-1925)
Major towns	Kherson, Nikolayev, Odessa
Dates of existence	1796 to 1925

The Chernigov Governorate (Russian: Черниговская губернiя; translit.: Chernigovskaya guberniya) was an administrative territorial unit in the historical Left-bank Ukraine region of the Russian Empire, which was officially created in 1802 from the disbanded Malorossiya Governorate with an administrative center was the city of Chernigov (modern Chernihiv). Its modern borders are roughly consistent of the modern Chernihiv Oblast, but also included a large territory of Sumy Oblast and bits of Kiev Oblast of Ukraine, in addition to most of the Bryansk Oblast of Russia. The governorate consisted of 15 uyezds:

Borzna - Борзна,
Glukhov - Глуковъ,
Gorodnya - Городня,
Kozelets - Козелецъ,
Konotop - Конотопъ,
Krolevets - Кролевецъ,
Nezhin- Нѣжинъ,
Novgorod-Seversky - Новгород-Северскiй,
Oster - Остеръ,
Sosnitsa - Сосница,
Chernigov - Черниговъ,
Mglin - Мглинъ,
Novozybkov - Новозыбковъ,
Starodub - Стародубъ,
Surazh - Суражъ.

The Chernigov Governorate covered a total area of 52,396 km², and had a population of 2,298,000, according to the 1897 Russian Empire census. In 1914, the population was 2,340,000. After the formation of the Ukrainian SSR the territory was partitioned along ethnic borders with the four northern uyezds transferred to the Gomel Governorate (then part of the RSFSR), and in 1926 - to the Bryansk Governorate. In 1925, the remaining territory of the Chernigov Governorate became part of Glukhov, Konotop, Nizhen, and Chernigov okrugs.