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{{Infobox subdivision type
| name = Governorates of Ukraine
| map = Uezd Gubernia Ukraine 1921.jpg
| caption = Governorates and counties in 1921.
| imagesize = 300px
| category = Subdivision of a [[unitary state]]
| territory = {{flag|Ukrainian People's Republic}} <br> {{flag|Ukrainian SSR}}
| start_date = 1918–1925
| current_number = 12 (7 initially)
| number_date = 1925
| population_range = 
| area_range = 
| government = 
| subdivision = povits ([[county|counties]])
}}

'''The administrative division of Ukraine''' in 1918 was inherited from the [[Russian Empire]], and based on the largest unit of the [[Governorate (Russia)|gubernia]] (also called a province, government, or governorate; [[Ukrainian language|Ukrainian]] {{Transliteration|uk|ukrainian|huberniia}}) with smaller subdivisions county or district ({{Transliteration|uk|ukrainian|[[povit]]}}), and rural district ({{Transliteration|uk|ukrainian|[[volost]]}}).<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Magocsi |first=Paul Robert |title=A History of Ukraine |publisher=University of Toronto Press |year=1996 |pages=305–307, 311, 540 |author-link=Paul Robert Magocsi}}</ref>

New administrative reform was adopted by the [[Central Council of Ukraine]] on March 4, 1918, which saw restructuring the subdivision of Ukraine based on a new system of the land ({{Transliteration|uk|ukrainian|zemlia}}) and abolishing the system of governorates and povits. Implementation of the new system was never fully realized and was abandoned after [[Pavlo Skoropadskyi|Skoropadsky's]] coup-d'etat on April 29, 1918.

The system of governorates was abolished by the government of the Soviet Union in 1925, and replaced with the region ([[Okruhas of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic|''okruha'']]) and district ([[Raions of Ukraine|''raion'']]).<ref name=":0" />

==Regions==
[[File:1900 Укр адм поділ.png|thumb|300px|Ukraine's modern border superimposed on the administrative division of 1900 for both the [[Russian Empire|Russian]] and the [[Austria-Hungary|Austro-Hungarian]] Empires.]]
[[File:Ukrainian State 1918 divisions.png|thumb|300px|The Skoropadsky administration restored the Russian governorate system of administration.]]
Ukraine was divided into nine governorates, two okruhas and three cities with special status.

===Governorates===
*[[Chernihiv Governorate]]
*[[Katerynoslav Governorate]]
*[[Kiev Governorate]]
*[[Kharkiv Governorate]]
*[[Kherson Governorate]]
*[[Podolia Governorate]]
*[[Poltava Governorate]]
*[[Volhynia Governorate]]

[[Kholm Governorate (Ukraine)|Kholm Governorate]] was reestablished November 1918 (previously part of the Volhynia governorate), but it was never fully realized. In 1919 it was fully occupied by the Polish Army and in 1920 transferred to the [[Second Polish Republic]] after the [[Treaty of Warsaw (1920)|Warsaw Treaty]]. In January 1919 the [[West Ukrainian People's Republic]] joined the [[Ukrainian People's Republic]] as its Western Oblast by the [[Act Zluky|Unification Act]], while de facto being almost completely occupied by Poland.

Chernihiv Governorate also included Homiel county that was ceded from the Mahilou Governorate. Some parts of Kursk Governorate were ceded to Chernihiv and Kharkiv governorates. Kharkiv governorate also received some counties of Voronezh governorate.

With reestablishment of the Soviet regime some transformations took place. The following were created:
*[[Kremenchuk Governorate]]
*[[Donets Governorate]]
*[[Odesa Governorate]]
*[[Zaporizhia Governorate]]
Kherson Governorate was renamed Mykolaiv Governorate in 1921, and later merged into Odesa Governorate.

Volhynia Governorate was lost to Poland after the [[Peace of Riga]]. The [[Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic]] was created from parts of Odesa Governorate.

===Okruhas===
*[[Polissia Okruha]]
*[[Tavria Okruha]]

Tavria (Taurida) Okruha was created after the liberation of Ukraine from Soviet occupation in 1918 when the [[Crimea|Crimean peninsula]] was administered by the [[Crimean Regional Government]], while the continental part of the [[Taurida Governorate]] became the Taurida Okruha.

Polissia Okruha was created in August 1918 from the southern counties of the [[Minsk Governorate]].

Both okruhas were liquidated after the 1920 invasion of Soviet forces.

More systematic division of okruhas was created in Soviet Ukraine in 1923 when okruhas were at first a subdivision of governorates, then and after the 1925 liquidation of governorates okruhas became the main subdivision of the republic until 1930.

{{see also|Okruhas of the Ukrainian SSR}}

===Cities===
*Kyiv
*Odesa
*Mykolaiv

== See also ==

* [[Administrative division of Ukraine (1918)]]
* [[Administrative divisions of Ukraine (1925–1932)]]
* [[Administrative divisions of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic|Administrative divisions of the Ukrainian SSR]]
* [[Development of the administrative divisions of Ukraine]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140819024207/http://www.justinian.com.ua/article.php?id=3159 Huban, R. ''History of establishment of the modern administrative division system of Ukraine'']. "Justian". Jurist Magazine, 2009
*[http://www.history.org.ua/?termin=Administratyvny_podil Administrative division of the Ukrainian lands]. Institute of History of Ukraine. [[National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine]].
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150924132757/http://www.cvk.gov.ua/visnyk/pdf/2006_1/visnyk_st_24.pdf Mykhailo Hrushevsky - creator of the system of democratic elections in Ukraine]. [[Central Election Commission of Ukraine]].
*[http://leksika.com.ua/16190413/ure/administrativno-teritorialna_reforma_v_ursr Administrative-territorial reform in the Ukrainian SSR]. [[Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia]].

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