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 / область | Seat / центр | Raions | |
1 | Moldavian ASSR / Молдавська | Tiraspol / Тираспіль | 11 |
2 | Chernihiv / Чернігівська | Chernihiv / Чернігів | 36 |
3 | Dnipropetrovsk / Дніпропетровська | Dnipropetrovsk / Дніпропетровське | 43 |
4 | Donetsk / Донецька | Stalino / Сталіне | 43 |
5 | Kharkiv / Харківська | Kharkiv / Харків | 64 |
6 | Kyiv (Kiev) / Київська | Kyiv (Kiev) / Київ | 76 |
7 | Odesa (Odessa) / Одеська | Odesa (Odessa) / Одеса | 54 |
8 | Vinnytsia / Вінницька | Vinnytsia / Вінниця | 66 |