Zaporizhzhia Governorate
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Zaporizhzhia Governorate (Ukrainian: Запорізька губернія, romanized: Zaporizka huberniia) was a territorial division or gubernia of the Ukrainian SSR (Ukraine) that was created in April 1920. The new governorate was temporarily established in place of the Tavria Okruha.
| Zaporizhzhia Governorate Запорізька губернія | |||||||||||
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| Governorate of Ukrainian SSR | |||||||||||
| 1920–1922 | |||||||||||
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| Map of 1922 | |||||||||||
| Capital | Zaporizhzhia (Aleksandrovsk) | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
• Tavria Okruha liquidation | 16 April 1920 | ||||||||||
• merged into Yekaterinoslav Governorate | 21 October 1922 | ||||||||||
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Soon after the Ukrainian SSR joined the Soviet Union, the governorate was merged into the Yekaterinoslav Governorate.
Subdivisions
- Berdiansk County
- Henichesk County
- Huliaipole County
- Velykyi Tokmak County
- Oleksandrivsk County