To keep the order in the city and region, the Central Council of Ukraine which was granted a self-rule over Ukraine by the Russian Provisional Government created the Regional Committee in Protection of Revolution in Ukraine and allowed to participate all political faction of the city and governorate.
At the same time the Central Council of Ukraine had its own Gubernatorial Commissars in each governorate.
The post was finally established in the summer of 1919 and existed along with the revolutionary committee until 1921.
In 1923 the Ukrainian SSR was split into okruhas (not to be confused with okrugs).
The Kiev Governorate was initially split into 7 okruhas centered in following cities: Bila Tserkva, Berdychiv, Kiev, Malyn, Uman, Cherkasy, and Korsun (as Shevchenko Okruha).