Donets Governorate
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| Donets Governorate Донецька губернія | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Governorate of Okruhas of Ukraine ) | 1 October 1925 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Today part of | Ukraine Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Donets Governorate (
History
The governorate was originally created on 5 February 1919 on orders of People's Commissar of Internal Affairs
Due to invasion of Anton Denikin troops the guberniya was dissolved in summer of 1919 and its territory was part of the South Russia, the Russian White South.
With the defeat of the Denikin's armies, the governorate was under special jurisdiction of Donets Gubernatorial Executive Committee, while revival of local economy was conducted by the Ukrainian Industrial Bureau.
On 15 March 1920 new administrative border contours were confirmed by the head of Ukrainian Soviet Labour Army,
In the fall of 1920, White guards armies of
Situation in Donbas is extremely difficult. Workers are starving, there is a lack of clothes. Despite the revolutionary Soviet mood, strikes erupt here and there. You have to be surprised that workers are working at all.
To fight famine in the region, a big help was received from such international organizations like the
Despite protests from the local gubernatorial administration, in February 1924 a big portion of the region's south including such cities like
On 14 February 1925, it was abolished.[1]
Governors
- 1919 Comrade Artyom (Fyodor Sergeyev)
- 1920 Vladimir Antonov-Saratovskiy (Donets Gubernatorial Executive Committee)
Subdivisions
Created in 1919 as a temporary governorate, originally consisted of two counties of Yekaterinoslav Governorate[2]
Gallery
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Administrative division of Ukraine in 1924-25
References
- ^ Шуликина, Л. П. "Административно-территориальная реформа 1923-1930гг" (in Russian). State Archive of Donetsk Oblast. Archived from the original on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
- ^ Maksymchuk, T. Donetsk Governorate. History of creation (1919-1923) (Донецкая губерния. История создания (1919-1923гг.)). Donetsk Oblast State Archives.
External links
- Vermenych, Ya. Donets Governorate. Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine.
