Administrative Division
The governorate consisted of 15 uyezds:
- Borzna - Борзна,
- Glukhov - Глухов,
- Gorodnya - Городня,
- Kozelets - Козелец,
- Konotop - Конотоп,
- Krolevets - Кролевец,
- Nezhin- Нѣжинъ,
- Novgorod-Seversky - Новгород-Северский,
- Oster - Остёр,
- Sosnitsa - Сосница,
- Chernihiv - Чернигов,
- Mglin - Мглин,
- Novozybkov - Новозыбков,
- Starodub - Стародуб,
- Surazh - Сураж.
The Chernigov Governorate covered a total area of 52,396 km², and had a population of 2,298,000, according to the 1897 Russian Empire census. In 1914, the population was 2,340,000. After the formation of the Ukrainian SSR the territory was partitioned along ethnic borders with the four northern uyezds with mostly Belorussian and Russian population (Mglin, Novozybkov, Starodub, Surazh) were transferred to the newly formed Gomel Governorate (then part of the RSFSR), and in 1926 - to the Bryansk Governorate.
On March 7, 1923 the territory of Chernigov Governorate was reorganized into five okrug:
- Konotop
- Nizhyn
- Novhorod-Siversky
- Snovsk (liquidated on June 10, 1925)
- Chernihiv
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