Kharkov Governorate

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Kharkov Governorate Sloboda Ukraine Governorate (1765–1780, 1796–1835) Харьковская губерния Слободско-Украинская губерния
Governorate
Coat of arms
Location in the Russian Empire
Country	Russian Empire
Established	1835
Abolished	1925
Capital	Kharkov
Area
• Total	54,493 km2 (21,040 sq mi)
Population  (1897)
• Total	2,492,316
• Density	46/km2 (120/sq mi)
• Urban	14.74%
• Rural	85.26%

Kharkov Governorate^[a] was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of the Russian Empire founded in 1835. It embraced the historical region of Sloboda Ukraine. From 1765 to 1780 and from 1796 to 1835 the governorate was called Sloboda Ukraine Governorate. In 1780–1796 there existed the Kharkov Vicegerency (Ukrainian: намісництво, romanized: namisnytstvo; Russian: намесничество, romanized: namestnichestvo).^[1]

From 1765 to 1780, the Sloboda Ukraine Governorate existed. In 1780, the Kharkov Viceroyalty was established and lasted until 1796. In 1835, the Viceroyalty was again reorganized into the Sloboda-Ukrainian Governorate, and from 1835 onwards, the Kharkov Governorate was formed, which existed until 1925. With each reorganization, the boundaries and administrative structure change significantly. The main state tax implementation, processing, and publishing of statistical information for the Kharkov governorate was the Kharkov Governorate Statistical Committee.

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