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Kholm Governorate (Ukraine)

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Kholm Governorate
Холмська губернія
Governorate of the Ukrainian State
1918–1920
CapitalKholm (de iure) Berestia (de facto)
Area 
• 
10,460 km2 (4,040 sq mi)
Population 
• 
912,000
History 
9 February 1918
• Creation of Kholm Governorate
15 November 1918
• Start of Polish-Ukrainian War
17 July 1919
• Creation of Lublin Voivodeship
14 August 1919
21 April 1920
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Kholm Governorate
Lublin Voivodeship (1919–1939)

Kholm Governorate (Ukrainian: Холмська губернія, romanizedKholmska huberniia) was an administrative-territorial unit of Ukraine that was recreated under the Skoropadsky administration in the western parts of Volyn Governorate. The governorate was created after the resignation of the Hetman of Ukraine, while the armed forces of Central Powers started a mass withdrawal from occupied territories.

Unlike the original Kholm Governorate that was created before World War I, the new territory was mostly created out of the southern parts of Grodno Governorate and eastern parts of former Sedlets Governorate.

Ukrainian authorities were not able to establish its presence in the southern parts of governorate and since early December 1918 the whole governorate was occupied by the Polish Army.

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