Chernigov Governorate

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Черниговская губернiя Chernigov Governorate Governorate of Russian Empire ← 1802 – 1925 →   → An old map showing the Chernigov Governorate. Capital Chernigov History  - Established February 27, 1802  - Disestablished August 01, 1925 Area  - (1897) 52,396 km² (20,230 sq mi) Population  - (1897) est. 2,298,000       Density 43.9 /km²  (113.6 /sq mi) Political Subdivisions uezds: 15 (1795-1919) 11 (1919-1925)

The Chernigov Governorate (Russian: Черниговская губернiя; translit.: Chernigovskaya guberniya), also known as the Government of Chernigov, was a guberniya 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 of Chernigov (modern Chernihiv). Its modern borders are roughly consistent of the modern Chernihiv Oblast, but also included a large section of Sumy Oblast and smaller sections of the 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.

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