Zaporizhzhia Governorate Explained

Native Name:Запорізька губернія
Conventional Long Name:Zaporizhzhia Governorate
Common Name:Zaporizhzhia
Subdivision:Governorate
Nation:Ukrainian SSR
Year Start:1920
Date Start:April 16
Event Start:Tavria Okruha liquidation
Event End:merged into Yekaterinoslav Governorate
Date End:October 21
Year End:1922
P1:Yekaterinoslav Governorate
P2:Tavria Okruha
S1:Yekaterinoslav Governorate
Capital:Zaporizhzhia (Aleksandrovsk)

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

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

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