Kholm Governorate
Kholm Governorate may refer to: * Kholm Governorate (Russian Empire), a region of the Russian Empire in 1912–1915, centered in Kholm (today Chełm in Poland) * Kholm Governorate (Ukraine) :''You may also be looking for Kholm Governorate of the Russian Empire from 1914-1915.'' Kholm Governorate ( uk, Холмська губернія) was a territorial division of Ukraine that was recreated under the Skoropadsky administration in ...

Kholm Governorate (Russian Empire)
:''You may also be looking for Ukrainian Kholm Governorate from 1918–1919.'' Kholm Governorate or Chełm Governorate (russian: link=no, Холмская Губерния, ''Kholmskaya Guberniya''; ua, Холмська губернія, translit=Kholmska huberniia, pl, gubernia chełmska) was an administrative unit (governorate) of the Russian Empire. Its capital was in Chełm (Russian and Ukrainian: Холм ''Kholm''). It was created from eastern parts of Siedlce Governorate and Lublin Governorate in 1912. It was separated from the Privislinsky Krai and joined to Kiev General Governorate as "core Russian territory", as a precaution in case Privislinsky Krai territories should be taken from the Russian Empire in an upcoming war. Another reason for this administrative change was to facilitate Russification and conversion of the non-Eastern Orthodox Christians. According to Russian statistical sources for 1914, while the area of the governorate was 10,460 km2, it was inhab ...
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