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 | ||||
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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
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