Donetsk Governorate
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| Donetsk Governorate Донецька губернія | |||||
| Governorate of Ukrainian SSR | |||||
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| Capital | Luhansk (1920) Artemivsk (Bakhmut) (1920-25) | ||||
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| - | Second Soviet invasion of Ukraine | 1919 | |||
| - | abolished (Okruhas of Ukraine) | 1 October 1925 | |||
Donetsk Governorate was a territorial division or gubernia of the Ukrainian SSR (Ukraine) that was created in February 1919. Due to invasion of Anton Denikin troops the guberniya was dissolved in summer of 1919.
In April 1920 the Donetsk Governorate was reestablished from the eastern portions of Yekaterinoslav and Kharkov guberniyas as well as territories of the liquidated Don Republic. Initially its gubernatorial seat was location in Luhansk, but by the fall of the same year it was transferred to Bakhmut (later Artemivsk).
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