Nizhyn Okruha

Administrative unit in the Ukrainian SSR

Nizhyn Okruha (Ukrainian: Ніжинська округа) was an okruha (regional district) in 1923–1930 in northeastern Ukraine. Its administrative centre was located in Nizhyn.

The okruha was created in 1923 as part of the Chernihiv Governorate. In 1925-1930 it served as a first-level administrative division within the Ukrainian SSR.

In 1926 okruha consisted of 12 raions.

## References

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## External links

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* Nizhyn Okruha at Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine
* Government of the Nizhyn Okruha at the Handbook on history of the Communist Party and the Soviet Union 1898–1991

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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

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