page_title: Administrative divisions of the Ukrainian SSR
section_title: Governorates
hierarchical_section_title: Administrative divisions of the Ukrainian SSR / Governorates
caption_attribution_description: map of Uezds of Ukraine in 1921
context_page_description: During its existence from 1919 to 1991, the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic consisted of many administrative divisions. Itself part of the highly centralized Soviet Union, sub-national divisions in the Ukrainian SSR were subordinate to higher executive authorities and derived their power from them. Throughout the Ukrainian SSR's history, other national subdivisions were established in the republic, including guberniyas and okrugs, before finally being reorganized into their present structure as oblasts. At the time of the Ukrainian SSR's independence from the Soviet Union, the country was composed of 25 oblasts and two cities with special status, Kiev, the capital, and Sevastopol, respectively.
context_section_description: Until the Riga Peace Treaty with Poland on 18 March 1921 the Ukrainian SSR had the governotorial administrative division of Imperial Russia and consisted of ten guberniyas. That administrative division was confirmed during the establishment of the Ukrainian State in 1918 when the Red Army withdrew from Ukraine following the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with Central Powers.
  Chernihiv Governorate
  Katerynoslav Governorate
  Kharkiv Governorate
  Kherson Governorate, later reformed into Odessa Governorate
  Kiev Governorate
  Podillia Governorate
  Poltava Governorate
  Volhynia Governorate
  In 1920-1921 series of territorial changes took place as well as changing in administrative division.
  16 April 1920
  Donetsk Governorate was created out of the surrounding Kharkiv, Katerynoslav Governorates and the Don Army Oblast. It was initially created in 1919, but with the advance of Anton Denikin its reorganization was temporarily halted.
  Kremenchuk Governorate was created out of bordering areas of Poltava, Kiev, and Kherson Governorates.
  Zaporizhia Governorate was created out Katerynoslav Governorate and Taurida Governorate (initially as Aleksandrovsk)
  Odessa Governorate was split from the Kherson Governorate once again with the last changing name to Mykolaiv Governorate and acquiring the Dniprovsk uyezd of the Taurida Governorate while the peninsula became part of the Russian SFSR (later forming an autonomous republic).
  18 March 1921 (Peace of Riga)
  Kholm Governorate being occupied by Polish forces was secured after Poland.
  Five full uyezds and partially the Ostroh uyezd of Volhynia Governorate were transferred to Poland.
  Four uyezds of Chernigov Governorate were transferred to the Homel Governorate of Russian SFSR.
  21 October 1922
  Zaporizhia Governorate was annexed to Katerinoslav Governorate
  Mykolaiv Governorate was annexed to Odessa Governorate
  Kremenchuk Governorate was liquidate
caption: Administrative divisions in 1921 consisted of guberniyas and uyezds.
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