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Kiev Governorate
Division of the Russian Empire in modern-day Ukraine / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kiev Governorate
Кіевская губернія | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location in the Russian Empire | |
| Country | Russian Empire |
| Krai | Southwestern |
| Established | 1802 |
| Abolished | 1925 |
| Capital | Kiev |
| Area | |
| • Total | 50,957 km2 (19,675 sq mi) |
| Population (1897) | |
| • Total | 3,559,229 |
| • Density | 70/km2 (180/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 12.90% |
| • Rural | 87.10% |
Kiev Governorate[lower-alpha 1] was an administrative division of the Russian Empire from 1796 to 1919 and the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic from 1919 to 1925. It was formed as a governorate in the right-bank Ukraine region after a division of the Kiev Viceroyalty into the Kiev and the Little Russia Governorates in 1796, with its administrative centre in Kiev. By the early 20th century, it consisted of 12 uyezds, 12 cities, 111 miasteczkos and 7344 other settlements. After the October Revolution, it became part of the administrative division of the Ukrainian SSR. In 1923 it was divided into several okrugs and on 6 June 1925 it was abolished by the Soviet administrative reforms.[1][2]