Gomel Governorate

Gomel Governorate was an administrative division (a guberniya) of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic from 1919 to 1926. Its capital was Gomel. It was formed from nine uyezds of the abolished Mogilev Governorate, one uyezd of Minsk Governorate and four uyezds of Chernigov Governorate. At its establishment, Gomel Governorate was made up of fourteen uyezds: Bykhovsky Uyezd Gomelsky Uyezd Goretsky Uyezd Klimovichsky Uyezd Mglinsky Uyezd with Pochepsky District Mogilyovsky Uyezd Novozybkovsky Uyezd Orshansky Uyezd Rechitsky Uyezd Rogachyovsky Uyezd Starodubsky Uyezd Surazhsky Uyezd Chaussky Uyezd Cherikovsky Uyezd In 1920, Orshansky Uyezd was transferred to Vitebsk Governorate. In 1921, Surazhsky Uyezd was renamed Klintsovsky. In 1922, Goretsky Uyezd became a part of Smolensk Governorate. On May 4, Mglinsky and Cherikovsky Uyezds were abolished and new Pochepsky District was established. On May 5, 1923, by the order of the Presidium of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee it was transferred to Bryansk Governorate. In 1923, Bykhovsky, Klimovichsky, and Cherikovsky Uyezds were abolished and Kalininsky Uyezd was founded.