Donetsk Governorate

Donetsk Governorate Донецька губернія
Governorate of Ukrainian SSR
←   ←   ← 1919–1925 →   →   →   →   →   →
Capital		Luhansk (1920) Bakhmut (1920-25)
History
•	Second Soviet invasion of Ukraine	1919
•	abolished (Okruhas of Ukraine)	1 October 1925

Donetsk Governorate was a territorial division or gubernia of the Ukrainian SSR (Ukraine) that existed between 1919 and 1925.

The governorate was created in February 1919. Due to invasion of Anton Denikin troops the guberniya was dissolved in summer of 1919.

In April 1920 the Donetsk Governorate was reestablished from the eastern portions of Yekaterinoslav and Kharkov guberniyas as well as territories of the liquidated Don Republic. Initially its gubernatorial seat was location in Luhansk, but by the fall of the same year it was transferred to Bakhmut (which in 1924 was renamed Artemivsk). On 14 February 1925, it was abolished.^[1]

References

1. Шуликина, Л. П. "Административно-территориальная реформа 1923-1930гг." (in Russian). State Archive of Donetsk Oblast. Retrieved 27 December 2015.