Kholm Governorate (Ukraine) Explained

Native Name:Холмська губернія
Conventional Long Name:Kholm Governorate
Common Name:Kholm
Subdivision:Governorate
Nation:the Ukrainian State
Year Start:1918
Date Start:9 February
Event Start:First Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Event End:Treaty of Warsaw
Date End:21 April
Year End:1920
Event1:Creation of Kholm Governorate
Date Event1:15 November 1918
Event2:Start of Polish-Ukrainian War
Date Event2:17 July 1919
Event3:Creation of Lublin Voivodeship
Date Event3:14 August 1919
P1:Kholm Governorate (Russian Empire)Kholm Governorate
S1:Lublin Voivodeship (1919–1939)
Capital:Kholm (de iure) Berestia (de facto)
Stat Area1:10460
Stat Pop1:912000

Kholm Governorate (Ukrainian: Холмська губернія|translit=Kholmska huberniia) was an administrative-territorial unit of Ukraine that was recreated under the Skoropadsky administration in the western parts of Volyn Governorate. The governorate was created after the resignation of the Hetman of Ukraine, while the armed forces of Central Powers started a mass withdrawal from occupied territories.

Unlike the original Kholm Governorate that was created before World War I, the new territory was mostly created out of the southern parts of Grodno Governorate and eastern parts of former Sedlets Governorate.

Ukrainian authorities were not able to establish its presence in the southern parts of governorate and since early December 1918 the whole governorate was occupied by the Polish Army.

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