Odesa Governorate (), was a
territorial division of the
Ukrainian SSR
The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...
(Ukraine) that was created in January 1920 by a decision of the
All-Ukrainian Revolutionary Committee (Soviet regime). The new governorate was initially created from the western part of the
Kherson Governorate
The Kherson Governorate (1802–1922; russian: Херсонская губерния, translit.: ''Khersonskaya guberniya''; uk, Херсонська губернія, translit=Khersonska huberniia), was an administrative territorial unit (als ...
(which was later renamed Mykolaiv Governorate, and then merged with the rest of Odesa Governorate).
The western parts of the Odesa Governorate would serve as the foundation for the
Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
* ro, Proletari din toate țările, uniți-vă! (Moldovan Cyrillic: )
* uk, Пролетарі всіх країн, єднайтеся!
* russian: Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь!
, title_leader = First Secr ...
in 1924.
In 1925 Odesa Governorate was dissolved during the administrative reform of 1925.
Subdivisions
A governorate was divided into counties (Russian ''uezd''; Ukrainian ''povit'').
* Ananiv county (1920–21)
* Balta county (1920–23)
* Voznesensk county
* Odesa county
* Pershomaisk county
* Tiraspol county
Former Mykolaiv Governorate
* Dnipro county
* Yelyzavetgrad county
* Mykolaiv county
* Kherson county
References
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Governorates of Ukraine
History of Odesa Oblast
History of Mykolaiv Oblast
1920 establishments in Ukraine
1925 disestablishments in Ukraine