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The system of administrative division of Ukraine in 1918 was inherited from the
Russian Empire The Russian Empire was an empire and the final period of the Russian monarchy from 1721 to 1917, ruling across large parts of Eurasia. It succeeded the Tsardom of Russia following the Treaty of Nystad, which ended the Great Northern War. ...
, and was based on the ''
gubernia A governorate, gubernia, province, or government ( rus, губе́рния, p=ɡʊˈbʲɛrnʲɪjə, also romanized ; uk, губернія, huberniia), was a major and principal administrative subdivision of the Russian Empire. After the empir ...
'' (also called ''province'', ''government'', or ''governorate;'' ) with smaller subdivisions ''district'' (''povit'') and ''rural district'' (''
volost Volost ( rus, во́лость, p=ˈvoləsʲtʲ; ) was a traditional administrative subdivision in Eastern Europe. In earlier East Slavic history, ''volost'' was a name for the territory ruled by the knyaz, a principality; either as an absolute ...
''). New administrative reform was adopted by the
Central Council of Ukraine The Central Council of Ukraine ( uk, Українська Центральна Рада, ) (also called the Tsentralna Rada or the Central Rada) was the All-Ukrainian council (soviet) that united deputies of soldiers, workers, and peasants deputie ...
on March 6, 1918 which saw restructuring the subdivision of Ukraine based on a new system of regions (''zemlia'', plural ''zemli'') and abolishing system of gubernias and povits. Implementation of the new system was never fully realized and after the Skoropadsky's coup-d'etat on April 29, 1918 was abandoned.


Regions

Ukraine was divided into 32 regions with three cities that had status of a region (Kiev, Kharkiv and Odessa).


List of regions

* Kiev with outskirts, to
Irpin Irpin ( uk, Ірпі́нь, ) is a Hero City of Ukraine located on the Irpin River in Bucha Raion, Kyiv Oblast (province) right next to the city of Kyiv in northern Ukraine. Irpin hosts the administration of Irpin urban hromada, one of the h ...
and Stuhna as well as 20
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beyond
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*Derevlian Region (seat in
Korosten Korosten ( uk, Ко́ростень, ; historically also ''Iskorosten'' ) is a historic city and a large transport hub in the Zhytomyr Oblast (province) of northern Ukraine. It is located on the Uzh River. Korosten serves as the administrative ce ...
), Radomyshl and Ovruch counties, Kiev county without southern part and northern part of Rovno county *Volyn (seat in
Lutsk Lutsk ( uk, Луцьк, translit=Lutsk}, ; pl, Łuck ; yi, לוצק, Lutzk) is a city on the Styr River in northwestern Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Volyn Oblast (province) and the administrative center of the surrounding Luts ...
), Volodymyr, Lutsk, Kovel counties and parts of Dubno county *Over Horyn (seat in
Rivne Rivne (; uk, Рівне ),) also known as Rovno (Russian: Ровно; Polish: Równe; Yiddish: ראָוונע), is a city in western Ukraine. The city is the administrative center of Rivne Oblast (province), as well as the surrounding Rivne Raio ...
), Rivne, Ostroh, Zaslav, Kremenets counties, southern part of Dubno county and western part of Starokostyantyniv county *Bolokhiv Region (seat in
Zhytomyr Zhytomyr ( uk, Жито́мир, translit=Zhytomyr ; russian: Жито́мир, Zhitomir ; pl, Żytomierz ; yi, זשיטאָמיר, Zhitomir; german: Schytomyr ) is a city in the north of the western half of Ukraine. It is the Capital city, a ...
), Zhytomyr, Novohrad-Volynsky counties and parts of Berdychiv, Lityn, and Vinnytsia counties *Over Ros (seat in
Bila Tserkva Bila Tserkva ( uk, Бі́ла Це́рква ; ) is a city in the center of Ukraine, the largest city in Kyiv Oblast (after Kyiv, which is the administrative center, but not part of the oblast), and part of the Right Bank. It serves as the admi ...
), Vasylkiv, Skvyra, Tarashcha counties, southern part of Kiev county and eastern part of Berdychiv county *Cherkasy Region (seat in
Cherkasy Cherkasy ( uk, Черка́си, ) is a city in central Ukraine. Cherkasy is the Capital city, capital of Cherkasy Oblast (Oblast, province), as well as the administrative center of Cherkasky Raion (Raion, district) within the oblast. The c ...
), Cherkasy, Kaniv, Chyhyryn counties and parts of Zvenyhorod county *Over Boh (seat in
Uman Uman ( uk, Умань, ; pl, Humań; yi, אומאַן) is a city located in Cherkasy Oblast in central Ukraine, to the east of Vinnytsia. Located in the historical region of the eastern Podolia, the city rests on the banks of the Umanka River ...
), Uman, Haisyn, and parts of Lypovets, Balta, Yelyzavetghrad counties *Podillia (seat in Kamianets-Podilsky), Kamianets, Proskuriv, Ushytsia counties and parts of Mohyliv and Starokostyantyniv counties *Bratslav Region (seat in
Vinnytsia Vinnytsia ( ; uk, Вінниця, ; yi, װיניצע) is a city in west-central Ukraine, located on the banks of the Southern Bug. It is the administrative center of Vinnytsia Oblast and the largest city in the historic region of Podillia. A ...
), Vinnytsia, Bratslav counties and parts of Lityn, Lypovets, Mohyliv, and Yampil counties *Over Dniester (seat in
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), Olhopil, Tyraspil counties and parts of Yampil, Balta, and Ananyiv counties *Over Sea (seat in
Mykolaiv Mykolaiv ( uk, Миколаїв, ) is a List of cities in Ukraine, city and List of hromadas of Ukraine, municipality in Southern Ukraine, the Administrative centre, administrative center of the Mykolaiv Oblast. Mykolaiv city, which provides U ...
), Odessa county and parts of Ananyiv, Yelyzavetghrad, and Kherson counties * Odessa with outskirts, with territory up to the
Dniester Estuary Dniester Estuary, or Dniester Liman ( uk, Дністровський лиман; ro, Limanul Nistrului) is a liman, formed at the point where the river Dniester flows into the Black Sea. It is located in Ukraine, in Odessa Oblast, and connects B ...
*Nyz (seat in
Yelyzavetghrad Kropyvnytskyi ( uk, Кропивницький, Kropyvnytskyi ) is a city in central Ukraine on the Inhul river with a population of . It is an administrative center of the Kirovohrad Oblast. Over its history, Kropyvnytskyi has changed its nam ...
), parts of Yelyzavetghrad, Oleksandriya, Verkhnyodniprovsk counties *Sich (seat in
Katerynoslav Dnipro, previously called Dnipropetrovsk from 1926 until May 2016, is Ukraine's fourth-largest city, with about one million inhabitants. It is located in the eastern part of Ukraine, southeast of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on the Dnieper Rive ...
), Katerynoslav county, and parts of Verhnyodniprovsk, Kherson, Novomoskovsk, and Oleksandriya counties *Zaporizhia (seat in
Berdyansk Berdiansk or Berdyansk ( uk, Бердя́нськ, translit=Berdiansk, ; russian: Бердя́нск, translit=Berdyansk ) is a port city in the Zaporizhzhia Oblast (province) in south-eastern Ukraine. It is on the northern coast of the Sea of ...
), Melitopol and Berdyansk counties *New Zaporizhia (seat in
Kherson Kherson (, ) is a port city of Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers appr ...
), Dnipro county and parts of Kherson county *Azov Region (seat in
Mariupol Mariupol (, ; uk, Маріу́поль ; russian: Мариу́поль) is a city in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. It is situated on the northern coast (Pryazovia) of the Sea of Azov, at the mouth of the Kalmius River. Prior to the 2022 Russian i ...
), Mariupol, Pavlohrad counties and parts of Oleksandrivsk county *Cuman Region (seat in
Bakhmut Bakhmut ( uk, Ба́хмут, ) is a city in the Donbas and the administrative centre of Bakhmut Raion in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. It is located on the Bakhmutka River, about 89 km north of Donetsk city, the administrative center of the o ...
), Starobilsk, Slovianoserbsk, and Bakhmut counties *Donets Region (seat in
Sloviansk Sloviansk ( uk, Слов'янськ, Sloviansk ; russian: Славянск, Slavyansk or ; prior to 1784 – Tor) is a city in the Kramatorsk district of the Donetsk region of Ukraine, the administrative center of the Slovyansk urban commun ...
), Zmiiv, Izyum, Vovchansk, Kupyansk counties and parts of Korocha and Bilhorod counties *Over Don (seat in
Ostrogozhsk Ostrogozhsk (russian: Острого́жск) is a town and the administrative center of Ostrogozhsky District in Voronezh Oblast, Russia, located on the Tikhaya Sosna River (a tributary of the Don), south of Voronezh, the administrative center o ...
), Novy Oskil, Biryuchansk, Ostrohozk, Bohuchar counties and parts of Korocha and Starobilsk counties *Siveria Region (seat in
Starodub Starodub ( rus, links=no, Староду́б, p=stərɐˈdup, ''old oak'') is a town in Bryansk Oblast, Russia, on the Babinets River (the Dnieper basin), southwest of Bryansk. Population: 16,000 (1975). History Starodub has been known ...
), Mhlyn, Surazh, Novozybkiv, Starodub and Novhorod-Siversky counties *Chernihiv Region (seat in
Chernihiv Chernihiv ( uk, Черні́гів, , russian: Черни́гов, ; pl, Czernihów, ; la, Czernihovia), is a city and municipality in northern Ukraine, which serves as the administrative center of Chernihiv Oblast and Chernihiv Raion within ...
), Chernihiv, Horodnya, Oster, Sosnytsia counties and parts of Kozelets, Nizhyn, and Borzna counties *Pereyaslav Region (seat in
Pryluky Pryluky ( uk, Прилу́ки ) is a List of cities in Ukraine, city and List of hromadas of Ukraine, municipality located on the Udai River in Chernihiv Oblast, north-central Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Pryluky Raion (Ra ...
), Pereyaslav, Pryluky, Pyryatyn counties, and parts of Kozelets, Nizhyn, Borzna, and Zolotonosha counties *Over Seim (seat in
Konotop Konotop ( uk, Конотоп ) is a city in Sumy Oblast in northeastern Ukraine. Konotop serves as the administrative center of Konotop Raion. Konotop is located about 129 km from Sumy, the oblast administrative center. It is host to Ko ...
), Krolevets, Konotop, Hlukhiv, and Putyvl counties *Over Sula (seat in
Romny Romny ( uk, Ромни́, ) is a city in northern Ukraine, Ukrainian Sumy Oblast. It is located on the Romen (river), Romen River. Romny serves as the administrative centre of Romny Raion. It is administratively incorporated as a City of region ...
), Romny, Lokhvytsia, Hadiach counties, and parts of Lubny and Myrhorod counties *Poltava Region (seat in
Poltava Poltava (, ; uk, Полтава ) is a city located on the Vorskla River in central Ukraine. It is the capital city of the Poltava Oblast (province) and of the surrounding Poltava Raion (district) of the oblast. Poltava is administratively ...
), Poltava, Zinkiv, Kostyantyniv counties, and parts of Myrhorod, Khorol, Valky, Okhtyrka, and Bohodukhiv counties *Samara Region (seat in
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), Kremenchuk, Kobelyaky counties, and parts of Zolotonosha, Khorol, Novomoskovsk counties *Sloboda Region (seat in
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), Sumy, Lebedyn, Sudzha, Hraivoron counties, and parts of Okhtyrka and Bohodukhiv counties *
Kharkiv Kharkiv ( uk, wikt:Харків, Ха́рків, ), also known as Kharkov (russian: Харькoв, ), is the second-largest List of cities in Ukraine, city and List of hromadas of Ukraine, municipality in Ukraine.Brest Brest may refer to: Places *Brest, Belarus **Brest Region **Brest Airport **Brest Fortress * Brest, Kyustendil Province, Bulgaria * Břest, Czech Republic *Brest, France ** Arrondissement of Brest **Brest Bretagne Airport ** Château de Brest *Br ...
), territory of the former Kholm Governorate *Dregovich Region (seat in
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), territory of
Polissya Okruha Polissia Okruha ( uk, Поліська округа, translit=Poliska okruha) was an administrative territorial entity of the Ukrainian State (Ukraine) that was created on August 14, 1918 by the resolution of the Council of Ministries. The okruha ...


See also

*
Development of the administrative divisions of Ukraine Administrative divisions development in Ukraine reviews the history of changes in the administrative divisions of Ukraine, in chronological order. Overview of Soviet Ukraine (1921–91) During the existence of the Ukrainian People's Republic and ...
* Administrative divisions of Ukraine (1918–1925) * Administrative divisions of Ukraine (1925–1932)


References


External links

* Shemshuchenko, Yu.
Administrative-territorial division in the UNR
'. Jurist Encyclopedia. {{DEFAULTSORT:Administrative divisions of Ukraine (1918)
Ukrainian People's Republic The Ukrainian People's Republic (UPR), or Ukrainian National Republic (UNR), was a country in Eastern Europe that existed between 1917 and 1920. It was declared following the February Revolution in Russia by the First Universal. In March 1 ...