Poltava Governorate

Poltava Governorate Полтавская губерния
Governorate
Coat of arms
Location in the Russian Empire
Country	Russian Empire
Established	1802
Abolished	1925
Capital	Poltava
Area
• Total	49,894 km2 (19,264 sq mi)
Population  (1897)
• Total	2,778,151
• Density	56/km2 (140/sq mi)
• Urban	9.87%
• Rural	90.13%

Poltava Governorate^[a] was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of the Russian Empire. It included the territory of left-bank Ukraine and was officially created in 1802 from the disbanded Little Russia Governorate, which was split between Chernigov and Poltava Governorates with its capital in Poltava.
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