Tavria Okruha (Ukrainian: Таврійська округа, romanizedTavriiska okruha) was an administrative subdivision of the Ukrainian State (Ukraine) created in April 1918. The okruha was governed by a starosta from Berdiansk. The territory consisted of the continental part of the earlier Tavria guberniia, without the territory of the Crimean Peninsula.

Tavria Okruha
Таврійська округа
Okruha of Ukraine
1918–1920

CapitalBerdiansk
History 
• Split of Taurida Governorate
1918
1920
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Taurida Governorate
Mykolaiv Governorate
Zaporizhzhia Governorate

Following withdrawal of the forces of the Central powers in late 1918, Russian tri-colors of the Armed Forces of South Russia were raised in most of the okruha, except for a few localities in Dnipro County closer to Kherson Governorate.

After the Bolsheviks took control, the okruha was split between the Kherson Governorate and Oleksandrivsk (Zaporizhzhia) Governorate.

Subdivisions

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Governors

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  • summer–fall 1918: Oleksandr Desnytskyi (gubernatorial starosta)
  • 1918–1919: Ihor Lutskenko (as Kherson gubernatorial commissar)

See also

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