Poltava Governorate

The government of Poltava (Russian Полтавская губерния / Poltavskaya Gubernija, Ukr Полтавська губернія / Poltawska Gubernija ) was a province ( Gubernija / губерния ) of the Russian Empire. It was at the center of today's Ukraine. In the southwest of the Dnieper River formed the boundary to the province Kiev. In the north- east it bordered upon the province of Kharkov and on the south by the provinces Jekaterinoslaw and Kherson. The result was in 1802 from the southern half of the Little Russian provinces. From its northern half was the government of Chernigov in this division.

The name of the Little Russian provinces, which means " Ukrainian Government " means, went back to the time when in the vicinity of the Dnieper was the Polish- Russian border, large parts of Ukraine not so belonged to Russia.

The government Poltava had an area of ​​49,365 km ².

It was divided into 15 Ujesde:

  • Gadiach / Гадячь ( Ukr Hadjatsch / Гадяч )
  • Senkov / Зеньковъ ( Ukr Sinkiv / Зіньків )
  • Zolotonosha / Золотоноша
  • Kobeljaki / Кобеляки ( Ukr Kobeljaky / Кобеляки )
  • Konstantinograd / Константиноградъ ( Ukr Krasnohrad / Красноград )
  • Kremenchug / Кременчугъ
  • Lochvitsa / Лохвица ( Ukr Lochwyzja / Лохвиця )
  • Lubny / Лубны ( ukr.Lubny / Лубни )
  • Poltava / Миргородъ ( Myrhorod / Миргород )
  • Perejaslav / Переяславъ ( ukr Perejaslaw-Chmelnyzkyj/Переяслав-Хмельницький )
  • Pirjatin / Пирятинъ ( Pyrjatyn / Пирятин )
  • Poltava / Полтава
  • Priluki / Прилуки ( Ukr Pryluky / Прилуки )
  • Romny / Ромны ( Ukr Romny / Ромни )

With the establishment of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic and the government of Poltava was a part of it. After several changes in the management structure, the provinces were dissolved in 1925 and the place of Poltava were the seven okrugs:

  • Zolotonosha / Золотоноша
  • Krasnohrad / Красноград
  • Kremenchug / Кременчугъ
  • Lubny / Лубни
  • Poltava / Полтава
  • Pryluky / Прилуки
  • Romny / Ромни

Statistics

The government had in 1897 2.778.151 inhabitants. Of these, 2,583,133 Ukrainians, 110,352 Jews, 72,941 Russians and there was next to smaller groups of Germans, Poles and Belarusians.

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