Kiev Governorate

1802–1925 unit of Russia

Not to be confused with Kiev Governorate General or Kiev Governorate (1708–1764).

Governorate in Southwestern

Kiev Governorate

Киевская губерния
Київська губернія

Governorate

Coat of arms

Location in the Russian Empire
before World War I

Country| Russian Empire→
Ukrainian People's Republic→
Ukrainian State→
Ukrainian People's Republic→
Ukrainian SSR
Soviet Union
Krai| Southwestern (in the Russian Empire)
Established| 1802
Abolished| 1925
Capital| Kiev (modern-day Kyiv)
Area

• Total

| 50,957 km2 (19,675 sq mi)
Population

(1897)

• Total

| 3,559,229
• Density| 70/km2 (180/sq mi)
• Urban

| 12.90%
• Rural

| 87.10%

Kiev Governorate[a] was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of the Russian Empire (1796–1917), Ukrainian People's Republic (1917–18; 1918–1921), Ukrainian State (1918), and the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1919–1925; part of the Soviet Union since 1922). It included the territory of the right-bank Ukraine and was formed after a division of the Kiev Viceroyalty into Kiev and Little Russia Governorates in 1796. Its capital was in Kiev. By the early 20th century, it consisted of 12 uyezds, 12 cities, 111 miasteczkos and 7344 other settlements. After the October Revolution, it became part of the administrative division of the Ukrainian SSR. In 1923 it was divided into several okrugs and on 6 June 1925 it was abolished by the Soviet administrative reforms.[1][2]

Kiev Governorate in 1913

## History

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Kiev Governorate on the right bank of Dnieper was officially established by Emperor Paul I's edict of November 30, 1796. However it was not until 1800 when the first governor was appointed. Prior to such, the territory was governed by the Kiev Viceroy Vasiliy Krasno-Milashevich (in 1796 –1800).

Three existing Left-bank Ukraine viceroyalties were merged into one Little Russia Governorate centered on Chernigov, while the Kiev Governorate now centered on Right-bank Ukraine. With Kiev still the capital, the governorate included the right-bank parts of the former Kiev Viceroyalty merged with territories of the former Kiev[3] and Bracław Voivodeships which were gained by the Russian Empire from the partitions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (the lands of the Polish Crown province).[4] The edict took effect on August 29, 1797, bringing the total number of uyezds to twelve.[4]

On January 22, 1832, the Kiev Governorate, along with the Volhynia and the Podolia Governorates formed the Kiev Governorate General, also known as the Southwestern Krai.[5] At the time, Vasily Levashov was appointed the Military Governor of Kiev as well as the General Governor of Podolia and Volhynia. In 1845, the population of the Governorate was 1,704,661.[4]

At the turn of the 20th century, the governorate included twelve uyezds named by their centers: Berdychiv, Cherkasy, Chyhyryn, Kaniv, Kiev, Lipovets, Radomyshl, Skvyra, Tarashcha, Uman, Vasylkiv and Zvenyhorodka.[6]

By the 1897 Russian Census, there were 3,559,229 people in the guberniya making it the most populous one in all of the Russian Empire.[6] Most of the population was rural. There were 459,253 people living in cities, including about 248,000 in Kiev. According to individuals' mother tongue, the census classified the respondents as follows: 2,819,145 Malorossy (Ukrainians) representing 79.2% of the population, 430,489 Jews representing 12.1% of the population, 209,427 Velikorossy (Russians) representing 5.9% of the population, and 68,791 Poles representing 1.9% of the population.[7] By faith, 2,983,736 census respondents were Orthodox Christians, 433,728 were Jews and 106,733 were of the Roman Catholic Church.[6][8]

The estimated population in 1906 was 4,206,100.[9]

Kiev Governorate remained a constituent unit of the larger Governorate General with Kiev being the capital of both well into the 20th century. In 1915, the General Governorate was disbanded while the guberniya continued to exist.

## Administrative division

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Kiev Governorate consisted of 12 uyezds (their administrative centres in brackets):

County | County Town | Arms of County Town | Area | Population
(1897 census)

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Transliteration name | Russian Cyrillic
Berdichevsky | Бердичевский | Berdichev |  | 3,361.7 km2
(1,298.0 sq mi) | 279,695
Vasilkovsky | Васильковский | Vasilkov |  | 4,508.6 km2
(1,740.8 sq mi) | 315,823
Zvenigorodsky | Звенигородский | Zvenigorodka |  | 3,293.3 km2
(1,271.6 sq mi) | 274,704
Kanevsky | Каневский | Kanev |  | 3,264.6 km2
(1,260.5 sq mi) | 268,860
Kievsky | Киевский | Kiev |  | 5,642.5 km2
(2,178.6 sq mi) | 541,483
Lipovetsky | Липовецкий | Lipovets |  | 2,891.3 km2
(1,116.3 sq mi) | 211,825
Radomyslsky | Радомысльский | Radomyshl |  | 9,592.7 km2
(3,703.8 sq mi) | 315,629
Skvirsky | Сквирский | Skvira |  | 3,721.5 km2
(1,436.9 sq mi) | 251,257
Tarashchansky | Таращанский | Tarashcha |  | 3,339.4 km2
(1,289.3 sq mi) | 245,752
Umansky | Уманский | Uman |  | 4,295.2 km2
(1,658.4 sq mi) | 320,744
Cherkassky | Черкасский | Cherkassy |  | 3,599.6 km2
(1,389.8 sq mi) | 307,542
Chigirinsky | Чигиринский | Chigirin |  | 3,273.8 km2
(1,264.0 sq mi) | 225,915

## Demographics

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Population by spoken language in Kiev Governorate (1897)[10][11] Language | Native speakers | Percentage

|
|

Ukrainian | 2,819,145 | 79.2%
Yiddish | 430,489 | 12.0%
Russian | 209,427 | 5.8%
Polish | 68,791 | 1.9%
German | 14,707 | 0.4%
Belarusian | 6,389 | 0.1%
Czech | 3,294 | 0.09%
Tatar | 1,954 | 0.05%
Romani | 884 | 0.02%
Other languages | 4.149 | 0.1%
Total | 3,559,229 | 100.00

## Principal cities

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Russian Empire Census of 1897[12]

* Kiev – 247,723 (Russian – 134 278, Ukrainian – 55 064, Jewish – 29 937, Polish – 16 579, German – 4 354, Belarusian – 2 797)
* Berdichev – 53,351 (Jewish – 41 125, Russian – 4 612, Ukrainian – 4 395)
* Uman – 31,016 (Jewish – 17 709, Ukrainian – 9 509, Russian – 2 704)
* Cherkassy – 29,600 (Ukrainian – 12 900, Jewish – 10 916, Russian – 4 911)
* Skvira – 17,958 (Jewish – 8 905, Ukrainian – 7 681, Russian – 956)
* Zvenigorodka – 16,923 (Ukrainian – 8 337, Jewish – 6 368, Russian – 1 513)
* Vasilkov – 13,132 (Ukrainian – 7 108, Jewish – 5 140, Russian – 820)
* Tarascha – 11,259 (Ukrainian – 5 601, Jewish – 4 906, Russian – 575)
* Radomysl – 10,906 (Jewish – 7 468, Ukrainian – 2 463, Russian – 778)

Smaller cities

* Chigirin – 9,872 (Ukrainian – 6 578, Jewish – 2 921, Russian – 343)
* Kanev – 8,855 (Ukrainian – 5 770, Jewish – 2 710, Russian – 303)
* Lipovets – 8,658 (Jewish – 4 117, Ukrainian – 3 948, Russian – 397)

## After 1917

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In the times after the Russian revolution in 1917–1921, the lands of the Kiev Governorate switched hands on several occasions. After the last Imperial governor Alexey Ignatyev (who ruled until March 6, 1917) fell from power, the local leaders were appointed by competing authorities. At times, the Governorate appointed by the Central Rada and the Governorate appointed by the Communists both claimed sole authority over the Governorate, while some of the short-lived ruling regimes of the territory did not establish any particular administrative subdivision.[13]

The Soviet Ukrainian authority re-established the Governorate, whose leading post was titled the Chairman of the Governorate's Revolutionary Committee (revkom) or of the Executive Committee (ispolkom).[13]

In the course of the Soviet administrative reform of 1923–1929 the Kiev Governorate of the Ukrainian SSR was transformed into six okruhas in 1923. In 1932, the Kyiv Okruha was transformed into an oblast.[13]

### List of okruhas

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* Berdychiv Okruha
* Bila Tserkva Okruha
* Kiev Okruha
* Malyn Okruha (1923–24)
* Uman Okruha
* Cherkasy Okruha
* Shevchenko Okruha (1923–25, initially as Korsun)

## Governors of Kiev

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### Russian Empire

[edit]

* 1839–1852 Ivan Funduklei
* 1852–1855 Andrei Krivtsov (acting)
* 1855–1864 Pavel Gesse
* 1864–1866 Nikolai Kaznakov
* 1866–1868 Nikolai Eiler
* 1868–1871 Mikhail Katakazi
* 1881–1885 Sergei Gudim-Levkovich
* 1885–1898 Lev Tomara
* 1898–1903 Fyodor Trepov
* 1903–1905 Pavel Savvich
* 1905–1905 Aleksandr Vatatsi
* 1905–1906 Pavel Savvich
* 1906–1906 Aleksei Veretennikov
* 1906–1907 Pavel Kurlov (acting)
* 1907–1909 Pavel Ignatiev
* 1909–1912 Aleksei Girs
* 1912–1915 Nikolai Sukovkin
* 1915–1917 Aleksei Ignatiev

### Russian Republic

[edit]

as Governing Commissioners

* 1917–1917 Mikhail Sukovkin
* 1917–1918 Oleksandr Salikovsky

### Ukrainian State

[edit]

as Governing Elders

* 1918–1918 I.Chartoryzhski

### South Russia

[edit]

* 1918 –1919 Andrei Cherniavsky

### Soviet governors

[edit]

See also: Kiev Gubernatorial Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine

* 1919–1919 Yakov Yakovlev
* 1919–1920 Abram Glinski
* 1920–1920 Ivan Klimenko
* 1920–1920 Panas Lyubchenko
* 1920–1920 Yan Gamarnik
* 1920–1921 Aleksandr Odintsov
* 1921–1921 Nikolai Golubenko
* 1921–1923 Lavrenty Kartvelishvili
* 1923–1923 Vladimir Loginov
* 1923–1924 Juozas Vareikis
* 1924–1924 Lavrenty Kartvelishvili
* 1924–1925 Pavel Postyshev

## Maps

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* Kiev Governorate as of 1896.

* Kiev Governorate as of c. 1900

## See also

[edit]

* Southwestern Krai

## Notes and references

[edit]

### Notes

[edit]

1. ^

* Russian: Киевская губерния, pre-1918: Кіевская губернія, romanized: Kiyevskaya guberniya
* Ukrainian: Київська губернія, romanized: Kyïvsʼka huberniia

### References

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1. ^ Article from the Legal Encyclopedia. Volume 3, main editor Yuri Shemshuchenko, 2001 ISBN 966-7492-03-6 (in Ukrainian)
2. ^ Article Archived August 1, 2021, at the Wayback Machine from the Great Russian Encyclopedia. Volume 13, main editor Yury Osipov, 2009 ISBN 978-5-85270-344-6 (in Russian)
3. ^ Despite the loss of Kiev almost three centuries earlier, Poland still designated an administrative unit centered in Zhitomir as the Kiev Voivodeship
4. ^ a b c Иван Фундуклей. "Статистическое описание Киевской Губернии", Часть I. Санкт-Петербург, 1852. (Ivan Fundukley. Statistical Description of Kyiv Governorate. St. Petersburg, 1852)
5. ^ "Киевское, Подольское и волынское генерал-губернаторство (Юго-Западный край) 22.01.1832–1915". Archived from the original on March 11, 2007. Retrieved April 25, 2008.
6. ^ a b c Киевская губерния and Киевская губерния (дополнение к статье) in Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
7. ^ The First General Census of the Russian Empire of 1897. Breakdown of population by mother tongue and districts* in 50 Governorates of the European Russia Demoscope Weekly, Institute of Demography at the National Research University "Higher School of Economics." The Russian census grouped "Little Russians" (Ukrainians), "Great Russians" (Russians) and "White Russians" (Belarusians) together for an all-"Russian" total of 3,034,961
8. ^ The 1897 Russian Census classified the population by the responses to the questions on religion and mother tongue. See, e.g. Маргарита Григорянц, "Первый демографический автопортрет России" Archived July 21, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, Мир России, 1997, Т. VI, № 4, С. 45–48
9. ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Kiev" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 788.
10. ^ Мовний склад населення повітів Рос. імперії за переписом 1897 року [Linguistic composition of the population of the counties of the Russian Empire according to the 1897 census]. www.datatowel.in.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved March 7, 2025.
11. ^ "Первая всеобщая перепись населения Российской Империи 1897. Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей" [The first general census of the population of the Russian Empire in 1897]. www.demoscope.ru. Retrieved March 8, 2025.
12. ^ Breakdown of population by mother tongue and districts in 50 Governorates of the European Russia at Demoscope Weekly, project by National Research University – Higher School of Economics
13. ^ a b c "Киевская область". Archived from the original on January 6, 2008. Retrieved April 25, 2008.

## Further reading

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* William Henry Beable (1919), "Governments or Provinces of the Former Russian Empire: Kiev", Russian Gazetteer and Guide, London: Russian Outlook - via Open Library

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kiev Governorate.

* Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Kiev (government)" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 788–789.
* Shcherbina, V. Kiev voivodes, governors, and general governors from 1654 to 1775 (Кіевскіе воеводы, губернаторы и генералъ-губернаторы отъ 1654 по 1775 г.) (in Russian). "Chtenia v istoricheskom obshchestve Nestora Letopistsa". Kiev 1892.

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Governors of Kiev

Namestniks
(voivodes)|

* Prince Fyodor Kurakin (1654–1656)
* Andrei Buturlin (1656–1658)
* Vasiliy Sheremetiev(POW) (1658–1661)
* Ivan Rzhevskoi (1661–1662)
* Yakov Chadayev (1662–1665)
* Prince Nikita Lvov (1665–1666)
* Pyotr Sheremetiev (1666–1669)
* Prince Grigoriy Kozlovskoi (1669–1673)
* Prince Yuriy Trubetskoi (1673–1675)
* Prince Aleksei Golitsyn (1675–1677)
* Aleksei Golovin (1677–1677)
* Prince Ivan Troyekurov (1677–1678)
* Prince? Mikhailo Golitsyn (1678?–1679)
* Prince Nikita Urusov (1679–1680)
* Ivan Bolshoi (1680–1681)
* Leontiy Neplyuyev (1681–1681)
* Pyotr Bolshoi Sheremetiev (1681–1681)
* Ivan Volynskoi (1681–1682)
* Prince Pyotr Prozorovskoi (1682–1684)
* Aleksei Saltykov (1684–1684)
* Fyodor Sheremetiev (1684–1686)
* Prince Yuriy Urusov (1686–1687)
* Ivan Baturlin (1687–1689)
* Prince Mikhail Romodanovskoi (1689–1691)
* Prince Luka Dolgorukoi (1691–1693)
* Prince Pyotr Menshoi-Khovanskoi (1693–1695)
* Prince Danila Boryatinskoi (1695–1698)
* Prince Pyotr Bolshoi-Khovanskoi (1698–1701)

Governors|

* Yuriy Famendin(†) (1701–1704)
* Andrei Gulits (1704–1707)
* Prince Dmitry Golitsyn (1707–1719)
* Prince Pyotr Golitsyn (1719–1723)
* Prince Ivan Trubetskoi (1723–1730)
* Volodimer Sheremetiev (1730–1736)
* Semyon Sukin (1736–1737)
* Rumyantsev(c) (1737–1738)
* Mikhail Leontiev(c) (1738–1740)
* Ivan Neplyuyev (1740–1740)
* Mikhail Leontiev(†) (1740–1753)
* Ivan Kostyurin(c) (1753–1758)
* Ivan Glebov (1762–1766)
* Fyodor Voyeikov (1766–1775)

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Western Krai Governorates of the Russian Empire 1795–1912

Northwestern Krai|

* Vilna Governorate
* Kovno Governorate
* Grodno Governorate
* Minsk Governorate
* Mogilev Governorate
* Vitebsk Governorate

Southwestern Krai|

* Volhynia Governorate
* Podolia Governorate
* Kiev Governorate
* Kholm Governorate (from 1912)

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Governorates of Ukraine (1918–1925)

1918–1921|

* Volyn
* Podillia
* Kyiv
* Poltava
* Chernihiv
* Kharkiv
* Tavria
* Taurida
* Katerynoslav
* Kherson
* Kholm
* Polissia

1921–1925|

* Volyn
* Podillia
* Kyiv
* Poltava
* Chernihiv
* Kharkiv
* Zaporizhzhia
* Donetsk
* Katerynoslav
* Kremenchuk
* Odesa

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Historical regions in present-day Ukraine

Geographical regions|

* Central Ukraine / Dnieper Ukraine
* Left-bank Ukraine
* Right-bank Ukraine
* Polissia
* Siveria
* Kryvbas
* Eastern Ukraine
* Donbas
* Pryazovia
* Sloboda Ukraine
* Zaporizhzhia
* Southern Ukraine
* Budjak
* Yedisan
* Crimea
* Novorossiya
* Western Ukraine
* Chełm Land
* Carpathian Ruthenia
* Halychyna
* Hertsa region
* Lodomeria
* Naddnistrianshchyna
* Northern Bukovina
* Northern Maramureș
* Podolia
* Pokuttia
* Prykarpattia
* Volhynia

States and tribes of classical antiquity
and the Early Middle Ages|

* Cimmeria
* Sarmatia
* Dacia
* Taurica
* Scythia
* Khazaria
* Onoğurs
* Kazarig
* Avar Khaganate
* Old Great Bulgaria
* Ruthenia

Principalities of Kyivan Rus'|

* Chernigov
* Halych
* Novhorod-Seversk
* Kyiv
* Terebovlia
* Turov
* Pereyaslav
* Volhynia

Post-Mongol era regions|

* Golden Horde
* Crimean Khanate
* Principality of Theodoro
* Red Ruthenia
* Cherven Cities
* Carpathian Ruthenia
* Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia

Polish–Lithuanian regions|

* Belz Voivodeship
* Bracław Voivodeship
* Chernihiv Voivodeship
* Kyiv Voivodeship
* Podolian Voivodeship
* Ruthenian Voivodeship
* Volhynian Voivodeship
* Wild Fields

Ottoman provinces|

* Ottoman Ukraine
* Danube Vilayet
* Kefe Eyalet
* Podolia Eyalet
* Silistra Eyalet
* Yedisan

Cossack regions|

* Cossack Hetmanate
* Right-bank Ukraine
* Left-bank Ukraine
* Sloboda Ukraine
* Zaporozhian Sich
* Little Russia

Imperial Russian regions|

* Black Sea Cossack Host
* Southwestern Krai / Kyiv Military District
* Kyiv Governorate
* Volhynian Governorate
* Podolia Governorate
* Bessarabia Governorate
* Kharkov Governorate
* Kyiv Governorate (1708–64)
* New Serbia
* Slavo-Serbia
* Little Russia Governorate (1764–1781)
* Little Russia Governorate (1796–1802)
* Volhynian Viceroyalty
* Poltava Governorate
* Chernihiv Governorate
* Kholm Governorate
* Kharkov Governorate
* Taurida Governorate
* Novorossiya Governorate
* Yekaterinoslav Governorate
* Kherson Governorate
* Nikolayev War Governorate
* Gradonachalstvo
* Odessa
* Izmail
* Nikolayev
* Sevastopol
* Feodosia
* Kerch-Yenikale
* Yalta
* Taganrog

Austro-Hungarian provinces|

* Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria
* Duchy of Bukovina

20th-century regions and states|

* Ukrainian People's Republic
* West Ukrainian People's Republic
* Ukrainian State
* Lemko Republic
* Hutsul Republic
* Makhnovshchina
* Ukrainian SSR
* Moldavian ASSR
* Drohobych Oblast
* Izmail Oblast
* Crimean Oblast
* Lviv Voivodeship
* Ternopil Voivodeship
* Volyn Voivodeship
* Stanyslaviv Voivodeship
* Carpatho-Ukraine
* Governorate of Subcarpathia
* Kharkiv Governorate
* Reichskommissariat Ukraine
* Distrikt Galizien

Ethno-Ukrainian regions abroad|

* Green Ukraine
* Grey Ukraine
* Kholm
* Kuban
* Lemko Region
* Southern Maramureș
* Pink Ukraine
* Priashiv
* Sian River
* Yellow Ukraine

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Subdivisions of the Russian Empire

Governorates
(List)|

* Azov¹
* +Altai²
* Arkhangelsk
* Archangelgorod
* Astrakhan
* Belgorod
* Bessarabia
* Bratslav
* Belarus
* Caucasus
* Chernigov
* Grodno
* Finland
* Iziaslav
* Ingermanland
* Irkutsk
* Kazan
* Kaluga
* Kiev (1708)
* Kiev
* Kharkov
* Kherson
* Kholm
* Kovno
* Kolyvan
* Kostroma
* Kursk
* Lithuania
* Little Russia (1764)
* Little Russia (1796)
* Minsk
* Mogilev
* Moscow
* Nikolayev
* Nizhny Novgorod
* Novgorod-Seversky
* Novgorod
* Novorossiya
* Olonets
* Orenburg
* Oryol
* Penza
* Perm
* *Petrograd²
* Podolia
* Polotsk
* Poltava
* Pskov
* Ryazan
* Samara
* Saint Petersburg
* Saratov
* Siberia
* Simbirsk
* Sloboda Ukraine
* Slonim
* Smolensk
* Stavropol
* Taurida
* Tambov
* Tver
* Tobolsk
* Tomsk
* Tula
* Ufa
* Vilna
* Vitebsk
* Vladimir
* Voznesensk
* Vologda
* Volhynia
* Voronezh
* Vyatka
* Vyborg
* Yaroslavl
* Yekaterinoslav
* Yeniseysk

| Baltic Governorates³|

* Courland
* Livonia
* Reval
* Riga
* Estonia

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Governorates of Finland|

* Åbo-Björneborg
* Vasa
* Vyborg
* Kuopio
* Nyland
* St. Michel
* Tavastehus
* Uleåborg

Governorates of Poland|

* Avgustov
* Warsaw
* Kalish
* Keltsy
* Krakov
* Lomzha
* Lyublin
* Mazovia
* Petrokov
* Plotsk
* Podlyashye
* Radom
* Sandomir
* Sedlets
* Suvalki

Governorates of
Galicia and Bukovina|

* Lvov
* Peremyshl
* Tarnopol
* Chernovtsy

Oblasts|

* Belostok
* Bessarabia
* Don Host
* Caspian
* Kwantung
* Orenburg Kirghiz
* Omsk
* Taurida
* Tarnopol
* Yakutsk

| The Steppes|

* Akmolinsk
* Siberian Kirghiz
* Semipalatinsk
* Turgay
* Ural

|

Turkestan|

* Transcaspian
* Samarkand
* Semirechye Oblast
* Syr-Darya Oblast
* Turkestan
* Fergana

Priamurye|

* Amur
* Transbaikal
* Kamchatka
* Primorskaya
* Sakhalin

Caucasus Viceroyalty|

* Baku (Governorate)
* Black Sea
* Derbent
* Elizavetpol
* Erivan
* Georgia-Imeretia
* Georgia
* Kutaisi
* Shemakha
* Tiflis
* Armenian
* Batum
* Dagestan
* Imeretia
* Kars
* Kuban
* Terek
* Sukhumi
* Zakatal
* Baku (Gradonachalstvo)

Dependencies|

* Bukey Horde
* Emirate of Bukhara
* Khanate of Kokand
* Russian America
* *Uryankhay Krai²
* Khanate of Khiva
* Zeravshan Okrug

¹ Italics indicates renamed or abolished governorates, oblasts, etc on 1 January 1914.
² An asterisk (+) indicates governorates formed or created with renaming after 1 January 1914.
³ Ostsee or Baltic general-governorship was abolished in 1876.

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Okruhas of the Ukrainian SSR

Volhynian Governorate|

* Zhytomyr
* Korosten
* Shepetivka

Yekaterinoslav Governorate|

* Berdyansk†
* Zaporizhia
* Katerynoslav
* Kryvyi Rih
* Melitopol
* Oleksandriia†
* Pavlohrad

Poltava Governorate|

* Zolotonosha†
* Kremenchuk
* Krasnohrad†
* Lubny
* Poltava
* Pryluky
* Romny

Podolia Governorate|

* Vinnytsia
* Kamianets
* Haisyn†
* Mohyliv
* Proskuriv
* Tulchyn

Odesa Governorate|

* Zinovievsk
* Mykolaiv
* Balta†
* Odesa
* Pershomaisk
* Kherson

Kiev Governorate|

* Berdychiv
* Bila Tserkva
* Malyn†
* Kiev
* Uman
* Shevchenkivska
* Shevchenkivska (Korsun)†

Kharkov Governorate|

* Izyum
* Kupiansk
* Okhtyrka†
* Sumy
* Kharkiv

Donetsk Governorate|

* Artemivsk
* Luhansk
* Mariupil
* Starobilsk
* Staline
* Taganrog†
* Shakhty†

Chernigov Governorate|

* Konotop
* Hlukhiv
* Nizhyn
* Chernihiv
* Snovsk†

† denoted okruhas which were abolished, merged, or transferred over to different Soviet republics in 1924–25

50°27′00″N 30°31′25″E﻿ / ﻿50.4500°N 30.5236°E﻿ / 50.4500; 30.5236
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