Administrative division of Ukraine (1918)

Regions of Ukraine
Zemli in 1918
Category	Subdivision of a unitary state
Location	Ukrainian People's Republic
Created	1918
Number	32 (as of 1918)
Populations	~ 1 million
Subdivisions	volost

The system of administrative division of Ukraine in 1918 was inherited from the Russian Empire, and was based on the gubernia (also called province, government, or governorate; Ukrainian: губернія, romanized: huberniia) with smaller subdivisions district (povit) and rural district (volost). New administrative reform was adopted by the Central Council of Ukraine 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

Zemli and their cities in 1918

The Skoropadsky administration restored the Russian governorate system of administration.

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

List of regions

• Kyiv with outskirts, to Irpin and Stuhna as well as 20 verst beyond Dnieper
• Derevlian Region (seat in Korosten), Radomyshl and Ovruch counties, Kyiv county without southern part and northern part of Rovno county
• Volyn (seat in Lutsk), Volodymyr, Lutsk, Kovel counties and parts of Dubno county
• Over Horyn (seat in Rivne), Rivne, Ostroh, Zaslav, Kremenets counties, southern part of Dubno county and western part of Starokostyantyniv county
• Bolokhiv Region (seat in Zhytomyr), Zhytomyr, Novohrad-Volynsky counties and parts of Berdychiv, Lityn, and Vinnytsia counties
• Over Ros (seat in Bila Tserkva), Vasylkiv, Skvyra, Tarashcha counties, southern part of Kyiv county and eastern part of Berdychiv county
• Cherkasy Region (seat in Cherkasy), Cherkasy, Kaniv, Chyhyryn counties and parts of Zvenyhorod county
• Over Boh (seat in Uman), Uman, Haisyn, and parts of Lypovets, Balta, Yelysavethrad counties
• Podillia (seat in Kamianets-Podilsky), Kamianets, Proskuriv, Ushytsia counties and parts of Mohyliv and Starokostyantyniv counties
• Bratslav Region (seat in Vinnytsia), Vinnytsia, Bratslav counties and parts of Lityn, Lypovets, Mohyliv, and Yampil counties
• Over Dniester (seat in Balta), Olhopil, Tyraspil counties and parts of Yampil, Balta, and Ananyiv counties
• Over Sea (seat in Mykolaiv), Odesa county and parts of Ananyiv, Yelysavethrad, and Kherson counties
• Odesa with outskirts, with territory up to the Dniester Estuary
• Nyz (seat in Yelysavethrad), parts of Yelysavethrad, Oleksandriya, Verkhnyodniprovsk counties
• Sich (seat in Katerynoslav), Katerynoslav county, and parts of Verhnyodniprovsk, Kherson, Novomoskovsk, and Oleksandriya counties
• Zaporizhzhia (seat in Berdyansk), Melitopol and Berdyansk counties
• New Zaporizhzhia (seat in Kherson), Dnipro county and parts of Kherson county
• Azov Region (seat in Mariupol), Mariupol, Pavlohrad counties and parts of Oleksandrivsk county
• Cuman Region (seat in Bakhmut), Starobilsk, Slovianoserbsk, and Bakhmut counties
• Donets Region (seat in Sloviansk), Zmiiv, Izyum, Vovchansk, Kupyansk counties and parts of Korocha and Bilhorod counties
• Over Don (seat in Ostrogozhsk), Novy Oskil, Biryuchansk, Ostrohozk, Bohuchar counties and parts of Korocha and Starobilsk counties
• Siveria Region (seat in Starodub), Mhlyn, Surazh, Novozybkiv, Starodub and Novhorod-Siversky counties
• Chernihiv Region (seat in Chernihiv), Chernihiv, Horodnya, Oster, Sosnytsia counties and parts of Kozelets, Nizhyn, and Borzna counties
• Pereiaslav Region (seat in Pryluky), Pereiaslav, Pryluky, Pyryatyn counties, and parts of Kozelets, Nizhyn, Borzna, and Zolotonosha counties
• Over Seim (seat in Konotop), Krolevets, Konotop, Hlukhiv, and Putyvl counties
• Over Sula (seat in Romny), Romny, Lokhvytsia, Hadiach counties, and parts of Lubny and Myrhorod counties
• Poltava Region (seat in Poltava), Poltava, Zinkiv, Kostyantyniv counties, and parts of Myrhorod, Khorol, Valky, Okhtyrka, and Bohodukhiv counties
• Samara Region (seat in Kremenchuk), Kremenchuk, Kobelyaky counties, and parts of Zolotonosha, Khorol, Novomoskovsk counties
• Sloboda Region (seat in Sumy), Sumy, Lebedyn, Sudzha, Hraivoron counties, and parts of Okhtyrka and Bohodukhiv counties
• Kharkiv with its county and parts of Valky and Bilhorod counties
• Podlasie Region (seat in Brest), territory of the former Kholm Governorate
• Dregovich Region (seat in Mozyr), territory of Polissya Okruha

See also

• Development of the administrative divisions of Ukraine
• Administrative divisions of Ukraine (1918–1925)
• Administrative divisions of Ukraine (1925–1932)

External links

• Shemshuchenko, Yu. Administrative-territorial division in the UNR. Jurist Encyclopedia.