May 1934

May 1934

Description


No major administrative changes happened between December 1933 and May 1934; just few raion boundaries adjustments in the Donbas and a minor boundary change between Kharkiv and Chernihiv regions. However, on June 23, 1934 the capital of UkrSSR was moved from Kharkiv to Kyiv (Kiev). On May 30, 1934 there were the following regions divided into 393 rural and urban raions:

 Region / областьSeat / центр   Raions
1Moldavian ASSR / МолдавськаTiraspol / Тираспіль11
2Chernihiv / ЧернігівськаChernihiv / Чернігів36
3Dnipropetrovsk / ДніпропетровськаDnipropetrovsk / Дніпропетровське43
4Donetsk / ДонецькаStalino / Сталіне43
5Kharkiv / ХарківськаKharkiv / Харків64
6Kyiv (Kiev) / КиївськаKyiv (Kiev) / Київ76
7Odesa (Odessa) / ОдеськаOdesa (Odessa) / Одеса54
8Vinnytsia / ВінницькаVinnytsia / Вінниця66