1802–1925 unit of Russia
Governorate in Russian Empire
Yekaterinoslav Governorate
Екатеринославская губерния
Coat of arms
Location in the Russian Empire
Country
Russian Empire Established 1802 Abolished 1925 Capital
Yekaterinoslav • Total 63,391.61 km2 (24,475.64 sq mi) • Total 2,113,674
[1]
[2] •
Urban
11.40% •
Rural
88.60%
Yekaterinoslav Governorate
[a] was an administrative-territorial unit (
guberniya ) of the
Russian Empire , with its capital in
Yekaterinoslav . It bordered
Poltava Governorate to the north,
Don Host Oblast to the east,
Sea of Azov to the southeast,
Taurida Governorate to the south, and
Kherson Governorate to the east, and covered the area of the
Luhansk ,
Donetsk ,
Dnipropetrovsk , and
Zaporizhzhia Oblasts of modern Ukraine.
Yekaterinoslav Governorate in 1913
Location
The government was created in 1802 out of the Yekaterinoslav vice-regency. 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 .
Administrative divisions
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:
County
County Town
Arms of County Town
Area
Population (
1897 census )
Transliteration name
Russian Cyrillic
Aleksandrovsky
Александровскій
Aleksandrovsk
10,015.8 km2 (3,867.1 sq mi)
271,678
Bakhmutsky
Бахмутскій
Bakhmut
9,224.8 km2 (3,561.7 sq mi)
332,478
Verkhnedneprovsky
Верхнеднѣпровскій
Verkhnedniprovsk
6,862.3 km2 (2,649.5 sq mi)
211,674
Yekaterinoslavsky
Екатеринославскій
Yekaterinoslav
7,858 km2 (3,034 sq mi)
357,207
Mariupolsky
Маріупольскій
Mariupol
8,989.2 km2 (3,470.7 sq mi)
254,056
Novomoskovsky
Невомосковскій
Novomoskovsk
6,532 km2 (2,522 sq mi)
260,368
Pavlogradsky
Павлоградскій
Pavlograd
8,815.7 km2 (3,403.8 sq mi)
251,460
Slavyanoserbsky
Славяносербскій
Lugansk
5,089 km2 (1,965 sq mi)
174,753
Taganrog city (Таганрог) 1802–1887
Rostov upon Don city 1802–1887
Ukraine's modern border superimposed on the administrative division of 1900 for both the
Russian and the
Austro-Hungarian Empires. The borders of the uyezds can be seen from this map
Changes in Russian Empire
1874, the
Mariupol (Марiуполь)
uyezd was split off the Aleksandrovsk uyezd.
1887, Rostov-na-Donu city as well as Taganrog city with its uyezd were transferred back to the
Don Host Oblast .
Ukraine
1918, Taganrog uyezd was transferred once again, but without the Taganrog city and later again returned to the
Don Voisko Province . The
Ukrainian People's Republic passed the law for the reformation of the Ukrainian administrative division dividing the governorate into five new lands. The law has failed to be implemented and was canceled due to the conservative coup d'état of
Pavlo Skoropadsky and establishment of the
Ukrainian State . Thus the territory of the governorate was left unchanged and sustained without any major changes until 1919.
South Russia
1919 Krivyi Rih uyezd was created partially out of the newly annexed lands of the
Kherson Governorate .
Soviet Ukraine
1920 Governorate yielded few territories in favor of the newly created
Olexandrivsk Governorate and
Donetsk Governorate
1922
Zaporizhia Governorate was abolished and its territories returned under the subordination of Yekaterinoslav Governorate together with some of
Kremenchuk Governorate .
1923 All Governorates uyezds were reformed into seven
okrugs with two of them (Berdiansk and Oleksandriysk okrugs) liquidated on 3 June 1925.
On 1 August 1925, the Yekaterinoslav Governorate administration was discontinued.
Okrugs
List of
okruhas of Ukraine upon the dissolution of the Governorate:
Yekaterinoslav
Zaporizhia
Kryvyi Rih
Melitopol
Pavlohrad
Demographics
The governorate's population, a majority of peasants, was 662,000 in 1811, 902,400 in 1851, 1,204,800 in 1863, and 1,792,800 in 1885. From the second half of the 19th century, with the founding of
Yuzovka (Donetsk), the governorate became the coal-mining and metallurgical center of the then Ukraine , incorporating the Dnieper Industrial Region and the
Donbass (Donets Basin ) .
Its population increased to 2,113,674 by 1897. The nationalities within the governorate were
Ukrainians – 68.9% ,
Russians – 17.3% ,
Jews (4.7% ),
Germans (3.8% ),
Greeks (2.3% ), and
Tatars (0.8% ). In 1924, the governorate had 3,424,100 (13.6% urban ) inhabitants, living in 5,165 settlements, 36 of them being cities and
urban-type settlements . The largest social class was that of workers (about 25% ).
Principal cities
An old postcard depicting Yekaterinoslav, the governorate's capital at the time.
The data is taken from demoscope.ru. Here is also the most common language composition.
Yekaterinoslav – 112,839
[3] (1897), (Russian – 47,140, Jewish – 39,979, Ukrainian – 17,787)
Mariupol – 31,116 (Russian – 19,670, Jewish – 4,710, Ukrainian – 3,125)
Lugansk – 20,404 (Russian – 13,907, Ukrainian – 3,902, Jewish – 1,449)
Bakhmut – 19,316 (Ukrainian – 11,928, Russian – 3,659, Jewish – 3,223)
Aleksandrovsk – 18,849 (Ukrainian – 8,101, Jewish – 5,248, Russian – 4,667)
Pavlograd 15,775 (Russian – 5,421, Ukrainian – 5,273, Jewish – 4,353)
Novomoskovsk – 12,883 (Ukrainian – 9,956, Jewish – 1,436, Russian – 1,237)
Verkhnedneprovsk – 6,501 (Ukrainian – 3,752, Jewish – 2,061, Russian – 739)
Slavianoserbsk – 3,122 (Russian – 1,607, Ukrainian – 1,342, Jewish – 143)
From the turn of the 19th century until 1887 city of Rostov-na-Donu and all the Taganrog uyezd were part of the governorate, but before the census of 1897 took place they were transferred to the
Don oblast . Note that the biggest city of the
guberniya was the city of Rostov-na-Donu while Taganrog was not much smaller and the third in size. Here is the data on them:
Rostov-na-Donu – 119,476 (Russian – 94,673, Jewish – 11,183, Ukrainian – 5,612)
Taganrog – 51,437 (Russian – 40,899, Ukrainian – 4,676, Jewish – 2,685)
Language
By the Imperial census of 1897.
Native language
Yekaterinoslav Governorate Екатеринославская губерния
[2]
For each
uyezd (district)
YekaterinoslavЕкатеринославский уезд
[4]
PavlogradПавлоградский уезд
[5]
BakhmutБахмутский уезд
[6]
NovomoskovskНовомосковский уезд
[7]
MariupolМариупольский уезд
[8]
AlexandrovskАлександровский уезд
[9]
SlavyanoserbskСлавяносербский уезд
[10]
Verkhnedneprovsk Верхнеднепровский уезд
[11]
Number
%
Number
Number
Number
Number
Number
Number
Number
Number
Total
2,113,674
100%
357,207
251,460
332,478
260,368
254,056
271,678
174,753
211,674
Great Russian (Russian)
364,974
17.27%
75,190
36,164
103,702
9,628
35,691
15,445
79,281
9,873
Little Russian (Ukrainian)
1,456,269
68.90%
198,982
200,434
193,510
242,737
117,206
224,122
88,218
191,160
White Russian (Belarusian)
14,052
0.66%
4,033
505
2,468
196
1,697
3,353
1,564
236
Polish
12,365
0.59%
7,933
553
2,000
316
528
293
511
231
German
80,979
3.83%
20,609
5,806
12,646
3,452
19,104
14,014
896
4,452
French
908
0.04%
197
8
451
50
46
18
122
16
Italian
146
0.01%
21
1
37
0
39
14
25
9
Romanian and Moldovan
9,175
0.43%
1,771
29
6,371
0
95
2
839
68
English
369
0.02%
14
1
284
0
41
2
13
14
Greek
48,740
2.31%
193
38
142
9
48,290
45
14
9
Jewish
99,152
4.69%
46,441
7,363
9,457
3,635
10,291
13,886
2,631
5,448
Tatar
17,253
0.82%
868
255
346
7
15,472
128
151
26
Turkish
5,555
0.26%
168
15
20
9
5,317
14
4
8
Roma (Gypsy)
1,293
0.06%
103
172
255
272
21
203
177
90
Other
1,888
0.09%
519
71
655
28
164
77
251
23
Unidentified
556
0.03%
165
45
134
29
54
62
56
11
Religion
By the Imperial census of 1897.
[12]
Governors
General-Governors
Governors
Chairmen of the Governorate
Revkoms
Ispolkom
Chekists
As an independent governmental organization
Membership ticket of
Committees of Poor Peasants ,
Oleksandriia district, 1924 (for Kyrylo Ivanovych Turbaivskyi)
1919 : Vasyl Valiavko (transferred to Volyn Cheka)
1919–1920 : Aleksandr Alpov (transferred to Mykolaiv Cheka)
As part of the
State Political Directorate (GPU)
24 May 1922 – 16 February 1923 : Izrail Leplevskiy (transferred to Podolia Cheka)
1923 : P. Onishchenko
1 September 1924 – 1 September 1925 : Semyon Dukelsky
Notable people
See also
Notes
^
Russian : Екатериносла́вская губе́рния,
pre-1918 : Екатериносла́вская губе́рнія,
romanized: Yekaterinoslávskaya gubérniya
Ukrainian : Катериносла́вська губе́рнія ,
romanized : Katerynoslávsʼka hubérniia Sometimes in English as well: Ekaterinoslav Governorate Also known as Katerynoslavshchyna , (Ukrainian: Катеринославщина ; Russian: Екатеринославщина , romanized: Yekaterinoslavshchina )
References
^ Troynitsky, Nikolay (1904).
Первая всеобщая перепись населения Российской империи 1897 г. XIII. Екатеринославская губерния [The first general census of the population of the Russian Empire in 1897. 13. Ekaterinoslav Province ] (6th ed.). Izdanie Tsentral'nogo statisticheskogo komiteta Ministerstva vnutrennikh del. Archived from
the original on 1 December 2022.
^
a
b Екатеринославская губерния – вся [Yekaterinoslav Governorate, all],
Первая всеобщая перепись населения Российской Империи 1897 г. Распределение населения по родному языку и уездам 50 губерний Европейской России [The first national census of the Russian Empire in 1897. Distribution of the population by mother tongue and uyezd of 50 provinces of European Russia. ], Демоскоп Weekly
^
Population of Yekaterinoslav
^ Екатеринославский уезд – весь [Yekaterinoslav Uyezd, all],
Первая всеобщая перепись населения Российской Империи 1897 г. Распределение населения по родному языку и уездам 50 губерний Европейской России [The first national census of the Russian Empire in 1897. Distribution of the population by mother tongue and uyezd of 50 provinces of European Russia. ], Демоскоп Weekly
^ Павлоградский уезд – весь [Pavlograd Uyezd, all],
Первая всеобщая перепись населения Российской Империи 1897 г. Распределение населения по родному языку и уездам 50 губерний Европейской России [The first national census of the Russian Empire in 1897. Distribution of the population by mother tongue and uyezd of 50 provinces of European Russia. ], Демоскоп Weekly
^ Бахмутский уезд- весь [Bakhmut Uyezd, all],
Первая всеобщая перепись населения Российской Империи 1897 г. Распределение населения по родному языку и уездам 50 губерний Европейской России [The first national census of the Russian Empire in 1897. Distribution of the population by mother tongue and uyezd of 50 provinces of European Russia. ], Демоскоп Weekly
^ Новомосковский уезд – весь [Novomoskovsk Uyezd, all],
Первая всеобщая перепись населения Российской Империи 1897 г. Распределение населения по родному языку и уездам 50 губерний Европейской России [The first national census of the Russian Empire in 1897. Distribution of the population by mother tongue and uyezd of 50 provinces of European Russia. ], Демоскоп Weekly
^ Мариупольский уезд – весь [Mariupol Uyezd, all],
Первая всеобщая перепись населения Российской Империи 1897 г. Распределение населения по родному языку и уездам 50 губерний Европейской России [The first national census of the Russian Empire in 1897. Distribution of the population by mother tongue and uyezd of 50 provinces of European Russia. ], Демоскоп Weekly
^ Александровский уезд – весь [Alexandrovsk Uyezd, all],
Первая всеобщая перепись населения Российской Империи 1897 г. Распределение населения по родному языку и уездам 50 губерний Европейской России [The first national census of the Russian Empire in 1897. Distribution of the population by mother tongue and uyezd of 50 provinces of European Russia. ], Демоскоп Weekly
^ Славяносербский уезд – весь [Slavyanoserbsk Uyezd, all],
Первая всеобщая перепись населения Российской Империи 1897 г. Распределение населения по родному языку и уездам 50 губерний Европейской России [The first national census of the Russian Empire in 1897. Distribution of the population by mother tongue and uyezd of 50 provinces of European Russia. ], Демоскоп Weekly
^ Верхнеднепровский уезд – весь [Verkhnedneprovsk Uyezd, all],
Первая всеобщая перепись населения Российской Империи 1897 г. Распределение населения по родному языку и уездам 50 губерний Европейской России [The first national census of the Russian Empire in 1897. Distribution of the population by mother tongue and uyezd of 50 provinces of European Russia. ], Демоскоп Weekly
^ The first national census of the Russian Empire in 1897, Ed. N.A.Troynitskogo. t.I. The total body of the Empire's first general census of population development results produced by 28 January 1897. St. Petersburg, 1905. Table XII. Population by religions.
Religion Statistics of 1897 Yekaterinoslav (in Russian)
Religion Statistics of 1897 Yekaterinoslav in the cities (in Russian)
External links
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