 The establishment decree divided the oblast into 7 uyezds.However, by a decree of Paul I on 12 December 1796, the oblast was abolished and the territory, divided into 2 uyezds (Akmechetsky "[Акмечетский]" and Perekopsky "[Перекопский]") was attached to the second incarnation of the Novorossiysk Governorate.After 1799, the territory was divided into uyezds.