Poltava Governorate

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Poltava Governorate was a historical administrative region of the Russian Empire in central Ukraine, known as the rural, culturally rich province where writer Nikolai Gogol was born.

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Label Occurrences
Poltava Governorate canonical 14
Poltava region 2
Poltava Oblast 1

Statements (80)

Predicate Object
instanceOf governorate of the Russian Empire
historical administrative division
administrativeCenter Poltava
agriculturalProduct grain
livestock
sugar beets
capital Poltava
contains Bakhmach
Bakhmach Uyezd
Borzna
Borzna Uyezd
Hadiach
Hadiach Uyezd
Hlukhiv
Hlukhiv Uyezd
Khorol
Khorol Uyezd
Kobeliaky
Kobeliaky Uyezd
Konotop
Konotop Uyezd
Kozelets
Kozelets Uyezd
Kremenchuk
Kremenchuk Uyezd
Lokhvytsia
Lokhvytsia Uyezd
Lubny
Lubny Uyezd
Myrhorod
Myrhorod Uyezd
Nizhyn
Nizhyn Uyezd
Oster
Oster Uyezd
Poltava Uyezd
Pryluky
Pryluky Uyezd
Pyriatyn
Pyriatyn Uyezd
Romny
Romny Uyezd
Zenkiv
Zenkiv Uyezd
Zolotonosha
Zolotonosha Uyezd
country Russian Empire
dissolved 1925
economy agriculture
established 1802
ethnicMajority Ukrainians
followedBy Chernihiv region
surface form: Chernihiv Oblast

Kharkiv Oblast
Kremenchuk Okruha
Poltava Oblast
Sumy Oblast
governedBy governor
historicalRegion Poltava Oblast
surface form: Poltava region
knownFor Cossack heritage
Cossack regimental traditions
Ukrainian baroque churches
rich Ukrainian folk culture
rural character
language Russian
Ukrainian
locatedIn Little Russia Governorate
surface form: Little Russia

central Ukraine
notablePersonBornIn Ivan Kotliarevsky
Nikolai Gogol
Panase Myrny
partOf Southwestern Krai
precededBy Little Russia Governorate
religionMajority Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
subdivisionType uyezd
timePeriod 19th century
early 20th century
todayPartOf Chernihiv region
surface form: Chernihiv Oblast

Kharkiv Oblast
Poltava Oblast
Sumy Oblast

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nikolai Gogol placeOfBirth Poltava Governorate
Ukrainian People’s Republic territoryIncludes Poltava Governorate
this entity surface form: Poltava region
Central Ukraine containsAdministrativeRegion Poltava Governorate
this entity surface form: Poltava Oblast
Culture of Ukrainian borscht cooking hasRegionalVariationsIn Poltava Governorate
this entity surface form: Poltava region
Battle of Poltava location Poltava Governorate
Yekaterinoslav Governorate borderedBy Poltava Governorate
Kiev Governorate hasBorderWith Poltava Governorate
Georgy Gapon placeOfBirth Poltava Governorate
Polina Zhemchuzhina placeOfBirth Poltava Governorate
Ivan Paskevich placeOfBirth Poltava Governorate
Symon Petliura placeOfBirth Poltava Governorate
Dimitri Tiomkin placeOfBirth Poltava Governorate
Marie Bashkirtseff placeOfBirth Poltava Governorate
Little Russia Governorate succeededBy Poltava Governorate
Vasiliy Karazin placeOfBirth Poltava Governorate
Kharkov Governorate borderedBy Poltava Governorate
Jacob Gordin placeOfBirth Poltava Governorate