Kiev Governorate

50°27′00″N 30°31′25″E / 50.4500°N 30.5236°E / 50.4500; 30.5236

Kiev Governorate
Киевская губерния
Coat of arms of Kiev Governorate
Location in the Russian Empire
Location in the Russian Empire
CountryRussian Empire
KraiSouthwestern
Established1802
Abolished1925
CapitalKiev
Area
 • Total50,957 km2 (19,675 sq mi)
Population
 (1897)
 • Total3,559,229
 • Density70/km2 (180/sq mi)
 • Urban
12.90%
 • Rural
87.10%

Kiev Governorate[a] was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of the Russian Empire from 1796 to 1919 and the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic from 1919 to 1925. It included the territory of the right-bank Ukraine and was formed after a division of the Kiev Viceroyalty into Kiev and Little Russia Governorates in 1796. Its capital was in Kiev. By the early 20th century, it consisted of 12 uyezds, 12 cities, 111 miasteczkos and 7344 other settlements. After the October Revolution, it became part of the administrative division of the Ukrainian SSR. In 1923 it was divided into several okrugs and on 6 June 1925 it was abolished by the Soviet administrative reforms.[1][2]

Kiev Governorate in 1913


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  1. ^ Article from the Legal Encyclopedia. Volume 3, main editor Yuri Shemshuchenko, 2001 ISBN 966-7492-03-6 (in Ukrainian)
  2. ^ Article Archived August 1, 2021, at the Wayback Machine from the Great Russian Encyclopedia. Volume 13, main editor Yury Osipov, 2009 ISBN 978-5-85270-344-6 (in Russian)

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