Chernigov Governorate

Chernigov Governorate
Черниговская губернiя
Governorate of Russian Empire

1802–1918

Coat of arms

Chernigov Governorate 1903
Capital Chernihiv
History
  Established February 27, 1802 1802
  Disestablished August 1, 1918 1918
Area
  (1897) 52,396 km2 (20,230 sq mi)
Population
  (1897) 2,298,000 
Density 43.9 /km2  (113.6 /sq mi)
Political subdivisions uezds: 15
Today part of Chernihiv Oblast
Kiev Oblast
Bryansk Oblast

The Chernigov Governorate (Russian: Черниговская губерния; translit.: Chernigovskaya guberniya), also known as the Government of Chernigov, was a guberniya in the historical Left-bank Ukraine region of the Russian Empire, which was officially created in 1802 from the Malorossiya Governorate with an administrative centre of Chernihiv. The Little Russian Governorate was transformed into the General Government of Little Russia and consisted of Chernigov Governorate, Poltava Governorate, and later Kharkov Governorate.

Chernigov Governorate borders are roughly consistent with the modern Chernihiv Oblast, but also included a large section of Sumy Oblast and smaller sections of the Kiev Oblast of Ukraine, in addition to most of the Bryansk Oblast, Russia.

Administrative division

The governorate consisted of 15 uyezds:

The Chernigov Governorate covered a total area of 52,396 km², and had a population of 2,298,000, according to the 1897 Russian Empire census. In 1914, the population was 2,340,000. In 1918 it became part of Ukraine and transformed into Chernihiv Governorate.

Principal cities

Language

Language Number percentage (%) males females
Ukrainian 1,526,072 66.41 747,721 778,351
Russian 495,963 21.58 236,842 259,121
Belarusian 151,465 6.59 73,691 77,774
Yiddish 113,787 4.95 54,724 59,063
German 5,306 0.23 2,664 2,642
Polish 3,302 0.14 1,775 1,527
Persons
that didn't name
their native language
74 >0.01 32 42
Other[2] 1,885 >0.01 1,247 638
Total 2,297,854 100 1,118,696 1,179,158

See also

References and notes

  1. Language Statistics of 1897 (Russian)
  2. Languages, number of speakers which in all gubernia were less than 1000

External links

Coordinates: 51°30′00″N 31°18′00″E / 51.5000°N 31.3000°E / 51.5000; 31.3000

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