Administrative division of Ukraine (1918) explained
| Regions of the Ukrainian People's Republic |
| Map: | UNR 1918 divisions-0.png |
| Caption: | Zemlias in 1918 |
| Category: | Subdivision of a unitary state |
| Start Date: | 1918 |
| Current Number: | 32 |
| Number Date: | 1918 |
| Population Range: | ~1 million |
| Subdivision: | volost |
The system of administrative division of Ukraine in 1918 was inherited from the Russian Empire, and was based on the governorate division (also called province or government;) with the smaller subdivisions district (povit) and rural district (volost).[1] A new administrative reform was adopted by the Central Council of Ukraine on March 6, 1918 which saw restructuring the subdivision of Ukraine based on a new system of regions (zemlias) and abolishing the system of governorates and povits. Implementation of the new system was never fully realized and after the Skoropadsky's coup-d'etat on April 29, 1918 was abandoned.
Regions
Ukraine was divided into 32 regions with three cities that had status of a region (Kyiv, Kharkiv and Odesa).
List of regions
- Kyiv with outskirts, to Irpin and Stuhna as well as 20 verst beyond Dnieper
- Derevlian Region (seat in Korosten), Radomyshl and Ovruch counties, Kyiv county without southern part and northern part of Rovno county
- Volyn (seat in Lutsk), Volodymyr, Lutsk, Kovel counties and parts of Dubno county
- Over Horyn (seat in Rivne), Rivne, Ostroh, Zaslav, Kremenets counties, southern part of Dubno county and western part of Starokostiantyniv county
- Bolokhiv Region (seat in Zhytomyr), Zhytomyr, Novohrad-Volynsky counties and parts of Berdychiv, Lityn, and Vinnytsia counties
- Over Ros (seat in Bila Tserkva), Vasylkiv, Skvyra, Tarashcha counties, southern part of Kyiv county and eastern part of Berdychiv county
- Cherkasy Region (seat in Cherkasy), Cherkasy, Kaniv, Chyhyryn counties and parts of Zvenyhorod county
- Over Boh (seat in Uman), Uman, Haisyn, and parts of Lypovets, Balta, Yelyzavethrad counties
- Podillia (seat in Kamianets-Podilsky), Kamianets, Proskuriv, Ushytsia counties and parts of Mohyliv and Starokostyantyniv counties
- Bratslav Region (seat in Vinnytsia), Vinnytsia, Bratslav counties and parts of Lityn, Lypovets, Mohyliv, and Yampil counties
- Over Dniester (seat in Balta), Olhopil, Tyraspil counties and parts of Yampil, Balta, and Ananiiv counties
- Over Sea (seat in Mykolaiv), Odesa county and parts of Ananiiv, Yelyzavethrad, and Kherson counties
- Odesa with outskirts, with territory up to the Dniester Estuary
- Nyz (seat in Yelyzavethrad), parts of Yelyzavethrad, Oleksandriia, Verkhniodniprovsk counties
- Sich (seat in Katerynoslav), Katerynoslav county, and parts of Verhnyodniprovsk, Kherson, Novomoskovsk, and Oleksandriya counties
- Zaporizhzhia (seat in Berdiansk), Melitopol and Berdyansk counties
- New Zaporizhzhia (seat in Kherson), Dnipro county and parts of Kherson county
- Azov Region (seat in Mariupol), Mariupol, Pavlohrad counties and parts of Oleksandrivsk county
- Cuman Region (seat in Bakhmut), Starobilsk, Slovianoserbsk, and Bakhmut counties
- Donets Region (seat in Sloviansk), Zmiiv, Izium, Vovchansk, Kupiansk counties and parts of Korocha and Bilhorod counties
- Over Don (seat in Ostrohozk), Novy Oskil, Biryuchansk, Ostrohozk, Bohuchar counties and parts of Korocha and Starobilsk counties
- Siveria Region (seat in Starodub), Mhlyn, Surazh, Novozybkiv, Starodub and Novhorod-Siversky counties
- Chernihiv Region (seat in Chernihiv), Chernihiv, Horodnia, Oster, Sosnytsia counties and parts of Kozelets, Nizhyn, and Borzna counties
- Pereiaslav Region (seat in Pryluky), Pereiaslav, Pryluky, Pyryatyn counties, and parts of Kozelets, Nizhyn, Borzna, and Zolotonosha counties
- Over Seim (seat in Konotop), Krolevets, Konotop, Hlukhiv, and Putyvl counties
- Over Sula (seat in Romny), Romny, Lokhvytsia, Hadiach counties, and parts of Lubny and Myrhorod counties
- Poltava Region (seat in Poltava), Poltava, Zinkiv, Kostiantyniv counties, and parts of Myrhorod, Khorol, Valky, Okhtyrka, and Bohodukhiv counties
- Samara Region (seat in Kremenchuk), Kremenchuk, Kobeliaky counties, and parts of Zolotonosha, Khorol, Novomoskovsk counties
- Sloboda Region (seat in Sumy), Sumy, Lebedyn, Sudzha, Hraivoron counties, and parts of Okhtyrka and Bohodukhiv counties
- Kharkiv with its county and parts of Valky and Bilhorod counties
- Podlasie Region (seat in Berestia), territory of the former Kholm Governorate
- Dregovich Region (seat in Mozyr), territory of Polissia Okruha
See also
External links
Notes and References
- Book: Magocsi, Paul Robert . A History of Ukraine . University of Toronto Press . 1996 . 305–307, 311, 540 . Paul Robert Magocsi.
