Yekaterinoslav Governorate
| Yekaterinoslav Governorate Екатеринославская губернiя |
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| Governorate of Russian Empire, Ukrainian State, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic | |||||
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| Capital | Yekaterinoslav | ||||
| History | |||||
| • | Established | 27 February 1802 | |||
| • | Disestablished | 1 August 1925 | |||
| Population | |||||
| • | (1897) | 2,113,700 | |||
| Political subdivisions | uezds: 8 (9 1874–85) | ||||
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The Yekaterinoslav Governorate (Russian: Екатеринославская губернiя; translit.: Yekaterinoslavskaya guberniya; Ukrainian: Катеринославська губернія) or Government of Yekaterinoslav was a governorate in the Russian Empire. Its capital was the city of Yekaterinoslav (modern Dnipropetrovsk). Its territory lies within what is now Ukraine.
The government was created in 1802 out the Yekaterinoslav vice-regency. It is located within the former lands of Zaporizhian Sich. The governorate bordered to the north with the Kharkov Governorate and Poltava Governorate, to the west and southwest with the Kherson Governorate, to the south with the Taurida Governorate and Sea of Azov, and to the east with Don Host Oblast.
The governorate was created in place of Novorossiysk Governorate in 1802 and encompassed a huge area of the southern Ukraine. Officially, the new governorate was created as Ekaterinoslav Governorate in 1802 and subdivided into the following uyezds with centres in:
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