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First posted on February 14th 2008, last revised on July 26th 2010








 History and Administrative Division . During the Petrine Administrative Reform of 1708, a first, larger Kiev Gubernia was established; in 1781, Kiev Namestichestvo (with a smaller territory) was established, which in 1796, following the Third Polish Partition, was established, with most of its territory having been acquired by the Russian Empire, from Poland-Lithuania, in the Second Polish Partition of 1793. Kiev Gubernia bordered on Volhynia and Podolia Gubernia in the west, on Kherson Gubernia in the south, on Poltava and Chernigov Gubernia in the east and on Minsk Gubernia in the north.
Kiev Gubernia was divided in 12 Uyezds : Berdichev, Cherkassy, Chigirin, Kanev, Kiev, Lipovets, Radomysl, Skvira, Zvenigorodka, Tarashcha, Uman, Vassilkov.
The Zemstvo Constitution was introduced comparatively late, in 1911.
In the course of the Russian Revolution, Kiev Gubernia became part of Ukraine.

Population . The population in 1810 was 1,066,000, in 1840 1,586,000, in 1867 2,144,300, in 1885 2,847,600, in 1915 4,988,000 (Lahmeyer). The population was composed by Ukrainians, Jews, Poles and Lithuanians; by confession, the majority was Russian Orthodox, some Roman Catholic (c. 2 %), Jews (c. 10 %), or Old Believers.

Economy . In 1884, 57 % of the area was farmland, 20 % covered by forest, 16 % pastorage. Main agricultural products included grain, sugar beets, potatoes, pears, nuts, tobacco. In 1882, 594 factories with a combined workforce of 39,403 industrial workers were counted in Kiev Gubernia; the largest industry was the beet sugar industry, followed by distillery, tobacco processing, machine industry (Meyer). In 1906, 45 % of the land was owned by peasant communities, 41 % by estate owners (the nobility; EB 1911).

Culture . The Julian Calendar was reintroduced in 1800.

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Country Profiles Current Article Gubernia de Kiev, from Wikipedia Spanish edition
Article Kievskaya Gubernia, from Wikipedia Russian edition
Historical Articles : Governments : Kiev, from EB 1911
Articles : Kiew, from Meyers Konversationslexikon 1885-1892, in German
Links General
on History
Organizations
Historical Dictionary Encyclopedia of Ukraine
Timelines
Accounts of History
Economy & Finances List of Match Factories in the Russian Empire : Kiev Gubernia, from The Virtual Matchbox Label Museum, in Russian
Russia, from Official catalogue of the industrial department, London Exhibition 1862, GB ; search for Kiev
Ethnography Languages of Ukraine, from Ethnologue
Religion Jewish History of Ukraine, by Daniel Romanowski
Article Ukrainian Orthodox Church, from Wikipedia
History, from Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
History of Regions Article Pale of Settlement, from Wikipedia; Pale of Settlement, from Jewish Virtual Library
Local History Articles : History of Kiev, Berdychiv : History, Cherkasy, Chernobyl : History, Chyhyryn, Kaniv : History, Radomyshl, Skvyra : History, Tarascha : History, Uman : History, Vasylkiv, from Wikipedia
Structures, Institutions Structurae : Ukraine, Kiev Oblast, Cherkasy Oblast
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Others Kiev Gubernia Duma Voters List Database, from JewishGen

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Historical Data Lists of Statesmen
Population Figures Historical Population Statistics : Ukraine, from Population Statistics by Jan Lahmeyer
Documents Document Collections Russia - Belarus - Ukraine - Uzbekistan Documents, at Central Archive for the History of the Jewish People, Jerusalem
Historical Maps Government Kiev etc. 1882, from FEEFHS (Blackie & Sons 1882)
Map : Royaume du Pologne, (shows Kiev Gubernia; Heck, Atlas Geographique et Historique 1835), posted by M. Witkam
Maps : W Kiev, E Kiev, (Atlas Marksa, 2nd edition 1910), posted by M. Witkam
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Encyclopedia Entries 		General Articles : Governments : Kiev, Cities : Kiev, Berdichev, Radomysl, Uman, Vasilkov, from EB 1911
Articles Kiew, Berditschew, Kanew, Radomysl, Skwira, Swenigorodka, Taraschtscha, Tscherkassy, Tschigirin, Uman, Wassilkow, from Meyers Konversationslexikon 1885-1892, in German
Religious Articles Kiev, Berdychev, Cherkassy, from Jewish Encyclopedia 1901-1906 edition
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Geographical Das Gouvernement Kiew, pp.502-504 in Th. Fr. Ehrmann, Neueste Kunde vom Russischen Reiche in Europa und Asien, vol.3 of Neueste Länder- und Völkerkunde, 1807, in German, GB
Das Gouvernement Kiew, pp.144-147 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 IA; Kiev p.26
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Official Symbols Flags, Coats of Arms Kiev Gubernia Coat of Arms, from Civic Heraldry; from Vector Images

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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