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History and Administrative Division .
Kherson Gubernia was established in 1803; predecessor Novorossija Gubernia. Kherson Gubernia bordered on
Taurida Gubernia in the southeast, on Bessarabia Gubernia in the west, on
Podolia, Kiev and Poltava Gubernia in the north, on
Ekaterinoslav Gubernia in the east. Originally (as of 1809) divided in five Uyezds :
Alexandria, Kherson, Ananiev, Tiraspol, Yelizavetgrad; in 1825 Odessa added as sixth Uyezd, in 1828-1865 Bobrynets functioned
as the 7th Uyezd (W : Kherson G.). In 1920 partitioned, in 1922 reunited, in 1925 abolished. From 1917 the territory of Kherson
Gubernia formed part of Ukraine. In 1865 the Zemstvo constitution was introduced in Kherson Gubernia; the Zemstvo Council was exclusively composed of nobles (EOA : Zemstvo). Population . The population rose from 370,000 in 1811 to 1,330,000 in 1863 to 3,745,000 in 1914 (J. Lahmeyer), largely due to immigration. The ethnic composition of the population was diverse, consisting in order of importance of Ukrainians, Romanians, Russians, Jews, Germans, Bulgarians, Serbs, Greeks, Gypsies, the Germans to be differentiated in Lutherans and Mennonites. Economy . In 1879 Kherson Gubernia had 128 factories with a combined total of 2,345 industrial workers (Meyer. In 1906, 45 % of the land was owned by peasant communities, 31 % by the nobility, 12 % by the crown (EB 1911). Culture . Kherson seat of a Russian Orthodox Eparch responsible for Kherson and Taurida Gubernias. Historic Encyclopedias on Kherson Gubernia, 1809-1885 |
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| P r i n t e d . R e f e r e n c e |
| Bibliographies | Online Libraries | Online Journals | General Accounts | Specific Topics | Historical Dictionaries | Others |
| WEB-BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . EXTERNAL FILES |
| Country Profiles | Current |
Article Kherson Governorate, from Wikipedia;
Kherson Gubernia, from Wikipedia Russian edition Article Kherson Gubernia, from Encyclopedia of the Ukraine |
| Historical |
Articles : Governments : Kherson, from EB 1911 Articles : Cherson, from Meyers Konversationslexikon 1885-1892, in German |
| Links | General |
| on History |
| Organizations |
| Historical Dictionary |
EOA : Encyclopedia of Ukraine |
| Timelines |
| Accounts of History |
| Economy & Finances |
List of Match Factories in the Russian Empire : Kherson Gubernia, from
The Virtual Matchbox Label Museum, in Russian Russia, from Official catalogue of the industrial department, London Exhibition 1862, GB ; search for Kherson |
| Ethnography |
Languages of Ukraine, from Ethnologue |
| Religion |
Article Protestants in Ukraine,
Russian Mennonite, from Wikipedia Jewish History of Ukraine, by Daniel Romanowski Article Ukrainian Orthodox Church, from Wikipedia History, from Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church Early Russian Mennonite History, by C. Henry Smith (1927) Search Gameo for Kherson Oblast |
| History of Regions |
Articles Pale of Settlement, from Wikipedia;
Pale of Settlement, from Jewish Virtual Library |
| Local History |
Articles Ananiv,
Beryslav,
Kherson : History,
Kirovohrad : History (Yelizavetgrad),
Mikolayiv : History,
Ochakiv : History,
Odessa : History,
Ovidiopol,
Tiraspol : History,
Voznesensk, from Wikipedia History, from Kirovograd |
| Structures, Institutions |
Structurae : Ukraine : Kherson Oblast,
Mikolayiv Oblast,
Odesa Oblast |
| Culture |
| Biographies |
| Others |
| WEB-BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . EXTERNALLY POSTED DOCUMENTS |
| Historical Data | Lists of Statesmen |
| Population Figures |
Historical Population Statistics : Ukraine, from Population
Statistics by Jan Lahmeyer; scroll down for Chersonskaja Oblast, data for 1811, 1838, 1840, 1846, 1851, 1858, 1863/1864, 1867, 1871,
1881, 1885, 1891, 1897, 1907, 1910, 1914 |
| Documents | Document Collections |
Berichte und Gesuche, welche an die Staatsregierung in Angelegenheiten der deutsxchen Landgemeinden in
Suedrussland gerichtet wurden, Samuel Kludt (1882) 1898 GenWiki Digitale Bibliothek Project 2007- Russia - Belarus - Ukraine - Uzbekistan Documents, at Central Archive for the History of the Jewish People, Jerusalem Historic photos of Elizavetgrad, from Millman Family from Novy Bug and Elisavetgrad |
| Historical Maps |
Government Kherson etc. 1882, from FEEFHS (Blackie & Sons 1882) Kherson Gubernia (no date), from Wikimedia, in Russian Maps : W Kherson, E Kherson, (Atlas Marksa, 2nd edition 1910), posted by M. Witkam |
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Historical Encyclopedia Entries |
General |
Articles Cherson,
Alexandrija,
Ananjew,
Berislaw,
Jelissawetgrad,
Nikolajew,
Odessa,
Otschakow,
Owidiopol,
Tiraspol,
Wosnessensk,
from Meyers Konversationslexikon 1885-1892, in German Articles : Governments : Kherson, Cities : Kherson, Odessa, Nikolayev, Ochakov, Elisavetgrad, from EB 1911 |
| Religious |
Articles Kherson,
Odessa,
Nikolaief,
Yelizavetgrad,
from Jewish Encyclopedia 1901-1906 edition |
| Economic |
| Geographical |
Das Gouvernement Cherson, pp.511-514 in Th. Fr. Ehrmann,
Neueste Kunde vom Russischen Reiche in Europa und Asien,
vol.3 of Neueste Länder- und Völkerkunde, 1807, in German, GB Cherson, p.492 in The London general gazetteer, or Geographical dictionary, 1825, GB Kherson p.212 in vol.4 of C. Malte-Brun, Universal Geography, 1829, GB Cherson, Odessa, pp.107-108 in vol.1 of J. Bell, A system of geography, popular and scientific, 1836, GB Article : Cherson, Nikolajew, Odessa, from Geografisk-Statistisk Haandbog 1858-1863, in Danish Das Gouvernement Cherson, pp.265-269 in vol.1 of Das Russische Kaiserreich, seine Geographie, Statistik, Volks- und Regentengeschichte, 1847, in German, GB W.H. Beable, Russian gazetteer and guide, being an account of the territorial divisions and a description of over 300 of the principal towns and cities of Russia, Finland and Siberia (1919), posted on Internet Archive; Kherson p.25 |
| Historical |
| Parliamentary Debates | foreign |
Hansard (British Parliament) |
| Tour Guides, Travelogues |
M. and M. Guthrie, A tour, performed in the years 1795-6, through the Taurida, or Crimea, the antient kingdom of Bosphorus, the
once-powerful republic of Tauric Cherson, and all the other countries on the north shore of the Euxine, ceded to Russia by the peace
of Kainardgi and Jassy (1802), posted on Internet Archive |
| Institutions | Archives |
Archives of Ukraine |
| Musea |
| Monuments |
| Libraries |
| Official Symbols | Flags, Coats of Arms |
Bessarabia Kherson Coat of Arms, from Civic Heraldry;
from Vector Images |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY |
| Bibliographies | general |
RHS Bibliography UK National Archive Online Library ISBN Database |
| on Kherson |
| Online Libraries | general |
Internet Archives Gutenberg Library Online e-corpus |
| Country Specific |
Electronic Library of Ukrainian Literature |
| Online Journals | full text online |
| General Accounts |
| Historical Dictionary |
Kohut, Zenon E., Historical Dictionary of Ukraine, Rowman & Littlefield 2005, KMLA Lib.Sign. R 947.7 K79h |
