Administrative divisions of Ukraine (1918–1925)
| Governorates of Ukraine | |
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Governorates and counties in 1921. | |
| Category | Subdivision of a unitary state |
| Location | Ukrainian People's Republic Ukrainian State Ukrainian SSR |
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| Number | 12 (7 initially) (as of 1925) |
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The administrative division of Ukraine in 1918 was inherited from the Russian Empire, and based on the largest unit of the gubernia (also called a province, government, or governorate; Ukrainian huberniia) with smaller subdivisions county or district (povit), and rural district (volost).
New administrative reform was adopted by the Central Council of Ukraine on March 4, 1918, which saw restructuring the subdivision of Ukraine based on a new system of the land (zemlia) and abolishing the system of governorates and povits. Implementation of the new system was never fully realized and was abandoned after Skoropadsky's coup-d'etat on April 29, 1918.
The system of governorates was abolished by the government of the Soviet Union in 1925, and replaced with the region (okruha) and district (raion).