The Yekaterinoslav Governorate (russian: Екатеринославская губерния, Yekaterinoslavskaya guberniya; uk, Катеринославська губернія, translit=Katerynoslavska huberniia) or Government of Yekaterinoslav was a

governorate A governorate is an administrative division of a state. It is headed by a governor. As English-speaking nations tend to call regions administered by governors either states or provinces, the term ''governorate'' is often used in translation from ...

in the

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. A common name for it in Ukrainian was Katerynoslavshchyna. Its capital was the city of Yekaterinoslav (Katerynoslav in Ukrainian, modern

Dnipro 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 R ...

). Today its territory is part of

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Location

The government was created in 1802 out of the Yekaterinoslav vice-regency. The governorate bordered to the north with the

Kharkov Governorate The Kharkov Governorate ( pre-reform Russian: , tr. ''Khárkovskaya gubérniya'', IPA: �xarʲkəfskəjə ɡʊˈbʲernʲɪjə ) was a governorate of the Russian Empire founded in 1835. It embraced the historical region of Sloboda Ukraine. From ...

and

Poltava Governorate The Poltava Governorate (russian: Полтавская губерния, Poltavskaya guberniya; ua, Полтавська Губернія, translit=Poltavska huberniia) or Poltavshchyna was a gubernia (also called a province or government) in ...

, to the west and southwest with 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 (also ...

, to the south with the

Taurida Governorate The Taurida Governorate (russian: Тавріическая губернія, modern spelling , ; crh, script=Latn, Tavrida guberniyası, ) or the Government of Taurida, was a historical governorate of the Russian Empire. It included the Crime ...

and

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, and to the east with

Don Host Oblast The Province (Oblast) of the Don Cossack Host (, ''Oblast’ Voyska Donskogo'') of Imperial Russia was the official name of the territory of Don Cossacks, coinciding approximately with the present-day Rostov Oblast of Russia. Its site of admini ...

Administrative divisions

The governorate was created in place of Novorossiysk Governorate in 1802 and encompassed a huge area of the southern Ukraine. Officially, the new governorate was created as Ekaterinoslav Governorate in 1802 and subdivided into the following

uyezd An uezd (also spelled uyezd; rus, уе́зд, p=ʊˈjest), or povit in a Ukrainian context ( uk, повіт), or Kreis in Baltic-German context, was a type of administrative subdivision of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, the Russian Empire, and the ea ...

s with centres in: #

Yekaterinoslavsky Uyezd Yekaterinoslavsky Uyezd () was one of the subdivisions of the Yekaterinoslav Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the western part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Yekaterinoslav (present-day Dnipro). Demographi ...

(

Yekaterinoslav 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 R ...

) (Екатеринославъ, Катеринослав) 1802–1923 # Pavlogradsky Uyezd ( Pavlograd) (Павлоградъ, Павлоград) 1802–1923 # Bakhmutsky Uyezd (

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) (Бахмутъ, Бахмут) 1802–1920 transferred to Governorate of Donetsk # Novomoskovsky Uyezd ( Novomoskovsk) (Новомосковскъ, Новомосковськ) 1802–1923 # Mariupolsky Uyezd (

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 Russi ...

) 1802–1807, 1874–1923 (1807–1874 part of Aleksandrovsk as Greek district) # Alexandrovsky Uyezd ( Alexandrovsk) (Александровскъ, Олександрівськ) 1805–1920 transferred to Governorate of Zaporizhia, created from both Mariupol and Pavlohrad # Slavyanoserbsky Uyezd (

Slavyanoserbsk Slovianoserbsk ( uk, Слов'яносербськ, Slovyanoserbsk; or Slavianoserbsk, russian: Славяносербск, Slavyanoserbsk) is an urban-type settlement in Alchevsk Raion of Luhansk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. It was the administra ...

) (Славяносербскъ, Слав'яносербськ) 1805–1920 created out Bakhmut, transferred to Governorate of Donetsk #

Verkhnedneprovsky Uyezd Verkhnedneprovsky Uyezd () was one of the subdivisions of the Yekaterinoslav Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the western part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Verkhnodniprovsk (Verkhnedneprovsk). Demographic ...

( Verkhnedneprovsk) (Верхнеднепровск, Верхньодніпровськ) 1805–1923, created out of Yekaterinoslavsky Uyezd #

Taganrog Taganrog ( rus, Таганрог, p=təɡɐnˈrok) is a port city in Rostov Oblast, Russia, on the north shore of the Taganrog Bay in the Sea of Azov, several kilometers west of the mouth of the Don River. Population: History of Taganrog ...

1805–1887, 1918 (1887–1918 part of

) #

city (Таганрог) 1802–1887 # Rostov upon Don city 1802–1887

Changes in Russian Empire

* 1874, the

(Марiуполь)

was split off the Aleksandrovsk uyezd. * 1887, Rostov-na-Donu city as well as Taganrog city with its uyezd were transferred back to the

Ukraine

* 1918, Taganrog uyezd was transferred once again, but without the Taganrog city and later again returned to the Don Voisko Province. The

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passed the law for the reformation of the Ukrainian administrative division dividing the governorate into five new lands. The law has failed to be implemented and was canceled due to the nationalist-conservative coup d'état of

Pavlo Skoropadsky Pavlo Petrovych Skoropadskyi ( uk, Павло Петрович Скоропадський, Pavlo Petrovych Skoropadskyi; – 26 April 1945) was a Ukrainian aristocrat, military and state leader, decorated Imperial Russian Army and Ukrainian Army ...

and establishment of the

Ukrainian State The Ukrainian State ( uk, Українська Держава, translit=Ukrainska Derzhava), sometimes also called the Second Hetmanate ( uk, Другий Гетьманат, translit=Druhyi Hetmanat, link=no), was an anti-Bolshevik government ...

. Thus the territory of the governorate was left unchanged and sustained without any major changes until 1919.

South Russia

* 1919 Krivyi Rih uyezd was created partially out of the newly annexed lands of the

Soviet Ukraine

* 1920 Governorate yielded few territories in favor of the newly created Olexandrivsk Governorate and Donetsk Governorate * 1922 Zaporizhia Governorate was abolished and its territories returned under the subordination of Yekaterinoslav Governorate together with some of

Kremenchuk Governorate Kremenchuk (; uk, Кременчу́к, Kremenchuk ) is an industrial city in central Ukraine which stands on the banks of the Dnipro River. The city serves as the administrative center of the Kremenchuk Raion (district) in Poltava Oblast (pro ...

. * 1923 All Governorates uyezds were reformed into seven

okrug An ''okrug, ; russian: о́круг, ókrug; sr, округ, okrug, ; uk, о́круг, о́kruh; be, акруга, akruha; pl, okręg; ab, оқрҿс; mhr, йырвел, '' is a type of administrative division in some Slavic states. Th ...

s with two of them (Berdiansk and Oleksandriysk okrugs) liquidated on 3 June 1925. * On 1 August 1925, the Yekaterinoslav Governorate administration was discontinued.

Okrugs

List of okruhas of Ukraine upon the dissolution of the Governorate: # Yekaterinoslav # Zaporizhia # Kryvyi Rih # Melitopol # Pavlohrad

Demographics

The governorate's population, a majority of peasants, was 662,000 in 1811, 902,400 in 1851, 1,204,800 in 1863, and 1,792,800 in 1885. From the second half of the 19th century, with the founding of Yuzovka (Donetsk), the governorate became the coal-mining and metallurgical center of the then ''Ukraine'', incorporating the Dnieper Industrial Region and the Donbass (''Donets Basin''). Its population increased to 2,113,674 by 1897. The nationalities within the governorate were

Ukrainians Ukrainians ( uk, Українці, Ukraintsi, ) are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Ukraine. They are the seventh-largest nation in Europe. The native language of the Ukrainians is Ukrainian. The majority of Ukrainians are Eastern Or ...

– ''68.9%'',

Russians , native_name_lang = ru , image = , caption = , population = , popplace = 118 million Russians in the Russian Federation (2002 ''Winkler Prins'' estimate) , region1 = , pop1 ...

– ''17.3%'',

Jews Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""T ...

(''4.7%''),

Germans , native_name_lang = de , region1 = , pop1 = 72,650,269 , region2 = , pop2 = 534,000 , region3 = , pop3 = 157,000 3,322,405 , region4 = , pop4 = ...

(''3.8%''),

Greeks The Greeks or Hellenes (; el, Έλληνες, ''Éllines'' ) are an ethnic group and nation indigenous to the Eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea regions, namely Greece, Greek Cypriots, Cyprus, Greeks in Albania, Albania, Greeks in Italy, ...

(''2.3%''), and

Tatars The Tatars ()Tatar
in the Collins English Dictionary is an umbrella term for different

(''0.8%''). In 1924, the governorate had 3,424,100 (''13.6% urban'') inhabitants, living in 5,165 settlements, 36 of them being cities and

urban-type settlement Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...

s. The largest social class was that of workers (''about 25%'').

Principal cities

The data is taken from demoscope.ru. Here is also the most common language composition. *

– 112,839 (1897), (Russian – 47,140, Jewish – 39,979, Ukrainian – 17,787) *

– 31,116 (Russian – 19,670, Jewish – 4,710, Ukrainian – 3,125) * Lugansk – 20,404 (Russian – 13,907, Ukrainian – 3,902, Jewish – 1,449) *

– 19,316 (Ukrainian – 11,928, Russian – 3,659, Jewish – 3,223) *

Aleksandrovsk Alexandrovsk may refer to: Russia * Alexandrovsk, Murmansk Oblast, a closed administrative-territorial formation ** Polyarny, Murmansk Oblast, called Alexandrovsk until 1931 * Alexandrovsk, Perm Krai * Alexandrovsk-Sakhalinsky (town), in Sakha ...

– 18,849 (Ukrainian – 8,101, Jewish – 5,248, Russian – 4,667) * Pavlograd 15,775 (Russian – 5,421, Ukrainian – 5,273, Jewish – 4,353) * Novomoskovsk – 12,883 (Ukrainian – 9,956, Jewish – 1,436, Russian – 1,237) * Verkhnedneprovsk – 6,501 (Ukrainian – 3,752, Jewish – 2,061, Russian – 739) *

Slavianoserbsk Slovianoserbsk ( uk, Слов'яносербськ, Slovyanoserbsk; or Slavianoserbsk, russian: Славяносербск, Slavyanoserbsk) is an urban-type settlement in Alchevsk Raion of Luhansk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. It was the administrat ...

– 3,122 (Russian – 1,607, Ukrainian – 1,342, Jewish – 143) From the turn of the 19th century until 1887 city of Rostov-na-Donu and all the Taganrog uyezd were part of the governorate, but before the census of 1897 took place they were transferred to the Don oblast. Note that the biggest city of the guberniya was the city of Rostov-na-Donu while Taganrog was not much smaller and the third in size. Here is the data on them: * Rostov-na-Donu – 119,476 (Russian – 94,673, Jewish – 11,183, Ukrainian – 5,612) *

– 51,437 (Russian – 40,899, Ukrainian – 4,676, Jewish – 2,685)

Language

*By the Imperial census of 1897.

Religion

*By the Imperial census of 1897.The first national census of the Russian Empire in 1897, Ed. N.A.Troynitskogo. t.I. The total body of the Empire's first general census of population development results produced by 28 January 1897. St. Petersburg, 1905. Table XII. Population by religions.Religion Statistics of 1897 Yekaterinoslav
Religion Statistics of 1897 Yekaterinoslav in the cities

Governors

;General-Governors * 1823–1844 Mikhail Vorontsov ;Governors * 1802–1803 Sergei Bekleshov * 1803–1809 Pyotr Berg * 1809–1817

Kirill Gladkiy Kirill is a male given name, deriving from the Greek name Κύριλλος (Kyrillos) which in turn derives from Greek κύριος (kyrios) "lord". There are many variant forms of the name: Cyril, Cyrill, Kyrill, Kiryl, Kirillos, Kyryl, Kiril, K ...

* 1817–1820

Ivan Kalageorgiy Ivan () is a Slavic male given name, connected with the variant of the Greek name (English: John) from Hebrew meaning 'God is gracious'. It is associated worldwide with Slavic countries. The earliest person known to bear the name was Bulgar ...

* 1820–1823

Viktor Shemiot The name Victor or Viktor may refer to: * Victor (name), including a list of people with the given name, mononym, or surname Arts and entertainment Film * ''Victor'' (1951 film), a French drama film * ''Victor'' (1993 film), a French shor ...

* 1823–1824

Trofim Tsalaban Trofim (russian: Трофи́м), Trophimus or Trophimos, from τροφή (trophḗ, ''nourishment'') is a given name. It may refer to: * Trophimus the Ephesian, a Christian who accompanied Paul * Trophimus of Arles (died 3rd century), first bish ...

* 1824–1828 Alexei Svyechin * 1828–1831

Dmitriy Zakhorzhevskiy Dmitri (russian: Дми́трий); Church Slavic form: Dimitry or Dimitri (); ancient Russian forms: D'mitriy or Dmitr ( or ) is a male given name common in Orthodox Christian culture, the Russian version of Greek Demetrios (Δημήτριο ...

* 1831–1832 Otto Frank * 1832–1836 Nikanor Longinov * 1836–1837

Dmitriy Safonov Dmitri (russian: Дми́трий); Church Slavic form: Dimitry or Dimitri (); ancient Russian forms: D'mitriy or Dmitr ( or ) is a male given name common in Orthodox Christian culture, the Russian version of Greek Demetrios (Δημήτριο ...

(vice-governor)

Chairmen of the Governorate

;Revkoms * 26 October 1917 – ? Emmanuil Kviring * November 1919 – 1920

Sergei Minin Sergius is a male given name of Ancient Roman origin after the name of the Latin ''gens'' Sergia or Sergii of regal and republican ages. It is a common Christian name, in honor of Saint Sergius, or in Russia, of Saint Sergius of Radonezh, and ...

;Ispolkom * February 1919 – 1920

Vasiliy Averin Vasiliy Kuzmich Averin (russian: Васи́лий Кузьмич Аве́рин; 1884 – 28 December 1945) was a Russian Bolshevik revolutionary, a leading member of the Cheka and a member of the Soviet government in Ukraine. Biography Averin wa ...

* 1920 – 1921 Ivan Klymenko * 1921

Stepan Vlasenko Stepan ( uk, Степань; pl, Stepań; he, סטפאן) is an urban-type settlement in Sarny Raion (district) of Rivne Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. Its population was 4,073 as of the 2001 Ukrainian Census. Current population: The ...

* ? – 1923

Yakov Kuznetsov Yakov (alternative spellings: Jakov or Iakov, cyrl, Яков) is a Russian or Hebrew variant of the given names Jacob and James. People also give the nickname Yasha ( cyrl, Яша) or Yashka ( cyrl, Яшка) used for Yakov. Notable people People ...

* 1923 – 1924 Samokhvalov * February 1925 – August 1925 Ivan Gavrilov

Chekists

;Cheka * 1919 Vasyl Valiavko (transferred to Volyn Cheka) * 1919–1920

Aleksandr Alpov Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Ale ...

(transferred to Mykolaiv Cheka) ;Gub-department of GPU * 24 May 1922 – 16 February 1923

Izrail Leplevskiy Azrael (; , 'God has helped'; ) is the angel of death in some Abrahamic religions, namely Islam, Christian popular culture and some traditions of Judaism. He is also referenced in Sikhism. Relative to similar concepts of such beings, Azrael ...

(transferred to Podolia Cheka) * 1923 P. Onishchenko * 1 September 1924 – 1 September 1925

Semen Dukelsky Semen, also known as seminal fluid, is an organic bodily fluid created to contain spermatozoa. It is secreted by the gonads (sexual glands) and other sexual organs of male or hermaphroditic animals and can fertilize the female ovum. Semen is ...

Notable people

* Fedir Shchus, born 25 March 1893, (Ukrainian: Федір Щусь, 25 March 1893 – 30 June 1921), also Fyodor Shuss or Feodosiy Shchus, was an

Anarchist Anarchism is a political philosophy and movement that is skeptical of all justifications for authority and seeks to abolish the institutions it claims maintain unnecessary coercion and hierarchy, typically including, though not necessari ...

revolutionary A revolutionary is a person who either participates in, or advocates a revolution. The term ''revolutionary'' can also be used as an adjective, to refer to something that has a major, sudden impact on society or on some aspect of human endeavor. ...

, commander (ataman) in the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine of Nestor Makhno. *

Viktor Bilash Viktor Fedorovych Bilash ( uk, Віктор Федорович Білаш; 1893 – 24 January 1938) was the Chief of Staff of the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine (RIAU) under Nestor Makhno. A gifted military commander, Bilash himself pl ...

, (Ukrainian: Віктор Федорович Білаш; 1893 – 24 January 1938) was the

Chief of Staff of the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine (RIAU) under Nestor Makhno.

References

External links

Yekaterinoslav Guberniya
– Historical coat of arms

– Article in th
Encyclopedia of Ukraine
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