 It included Voroshilovgrad, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhia, Poltava, Stalino, Sumy, Kharkov, and Chernigov Oblasts, as well as the Crimean ASSR.Chernigov Oblast was only briefly part of the district, being transferred to the reestablished Kiev Military District on 15 October.The district was tasked with forming new units and preparing march units to reinforce the front.