Poltava Governorate

Poltava Governorate Полтавская губерния
Governorate of the Russian Empire (1802–1917) and Ukrainian successor states (1917–25)
1802–1925
Coat of arms
Poltava Governorate in 1913
Location in the Russian Empire
Capital	Poltava
Area
• (1897)	49,894 km2 (19,264 sq mi)
Population
• (1897)	2,778,151
History
• Established	1802
• Abolished	1925
Political subdivisions	15 uezds (1802–1923) 7 okruhas (1923–25)
Preceded by Succeeded by Little Russia Governorate (1796–1802) Kremenchutsky Okruha Lubensky Okruha Poltavsky Okruha Prylutsky Okruha Romensky Okruha
Today part of	Poltava Oblast Kharkiv Oblast Kyiv Oblast Sumy Oblast

Poltava Governorate^[a] 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 Poltava.

Its borders encompassed the modern Poltava Oblast of Ukraine, in addition to Berestyn, Pereiaslav, Romny and Zolotonosha.

It was bordering the Chernigov and Kursk Governorates to the north, Kiev Governorate to the west, Kharkov Governorate to the east and the Kherson and Yekaterinoslav Governorates to the south.
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