Kherson Governorate

Kherson Governorate Херсонская губерния
Governorate of Russian Empire, Ukraine
← 1802–1920 →   →
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Capital		Nikolayev (1802–1803) Kherson (1803–1922)
History
•	Split of Novorossiysk Governorate	1802
•	Split into Odessa Governorate and Mykolaiv Governorate	1920
Area
•	1914	70,600 km2(27,259 sq mi)
Population
•	1914	3,744,600
	Density	53 /km2  (137.4 /sq mi)
Political subdivisions		5-7 counties

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The Kherson Governorate (1802–1922) (Russian: Херсонская губерния, translit.: Khersonskaya guberniya; Ukrainian: Херсонська губернія, translit.: Khersons`ka huberniya) or Government of Kherson was a guberniya, or administrative territorial unit, between the Dnieper and Dniester Rivers, of the Russian Empire. It was one of three governorates created in 1802 when the Novorossiya guberniya was abolished. It was known as the Nikolayev Governorate until 1803, when Kherson replaced Nikolayev as the governorate's capital.

The economy of the governorate was mainly based on agriculture. During the grain harvest, thousands of agricultural laborers from the parts of the Empire found work in the area. The industrial part of the economy, consisting primarily of flour milling, distilling, metalworking industry, iron mining, beet-sugar processing, and brick industry, was underdeveloped.

The governorate bordered Bessarabia Governorate to the west, with Kiev and Poltava Governorates to the north, to the east could be found Yekaterinoslav Governorate, and in the southward direction was located Taurida Governorate.

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