Chernigov Governorate

Chernigov Governorate Chernihiv Governorate Черниговская губерния (Russian) Чернігівська губернія (Ukrainian)
Governorate of the Russian Empire (1802–1917) and Ukrainian successor states (1917–1925)[a]
1802–1925
Coat of arms
Chernigov Governorate in 1913
Location in the Russian Empire
Capital	Chernigov[b]
Area
• (1897)	52,396 km2 (20,230 sq mi)
Population
• (1897)	2,298,000
History
• Established	1802
• Abolished	1925
Political subdivisions	uezds: 15 (1802-1918) 18 (1918–19) 11 (1919–23) 5 okruhas (1923–25)
Preceded by Succeeded by Little Russia Governorate (1796–1802) Chernihiv Okruha Hlukhiv Okruha Konotop Okruha Nizhyn Okruha Gomel Governorate
Today part of	Bryansk Oblast Chernihiv Oblast Kyiv Oblast Sumy Oblast

Chernigov Governorate^[c] was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of the Russian Empire. It was officially created in 1802 from the disbanded Little Russia Governorate and had its capital in Chernigov^[b].

Its borders encompassed the modern Chernihiv Oblast, but also included a large section of Sumy Oblast and smaller sections of the Kyiv Oblast of Ukraine, in addition to a large part of Bryansk Oblast of Russia.

From 1918 to 1925, it was referred to as Chernihiv Governorate^[d] as part of Ukrainian successor states of the Russian Empire during and after the civil war, namely of the Ukrainian People's Republic, the Ukrainian State and the Ukrainian SSR.
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