Zaporizhzhia Governorate

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Zaporizhia Governorate
Запорізька губернія
Governorate of Ukrainian SSR
1920–1922
CapitalZaporizhia (Aleksandrovsk)
History 
• Tavria Okruha liquidation
April 16 1920
• merged into Yekaterinoslav Governorate
October 21 1922
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Yekaterinoslav Governorate
Tavria Okruha
Yekaterinoslav Governorate

Zaporizhia Governorate was a territorial division or gubernia of the Ukrainian SSR (Ukraine) that was created in April 1920. The new guberniya was temporarily established in place of the Tavria Okruha.

Soon after the Ukrainian SSR joined the Soviet Union, the guberniya was merged into the Yekaterinoslav Governorate.

Subdivisions

  • Berdyansk County
  • Henichensk County
  • Hulyai Pole County
  • Velykyi Tokmak County
  • Oleksandrivsk County

References