Kovno Governorate
Kovno Governorate Ковенская губеpния Kovenskaja gubernija |
Governorate of the Russian Empire |
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Coat of arms |
Kovno Governorate (light red), 1843-1915 |
Capital |
Kaunas |
History |
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- | Order of tzar Nicholas I of 18 December 1842 |
1 July 1843 |
- | World War I |
1915 |
Kovno Governorate (Russian: Ковенская губеpния or Kovenskaja gubernija; Lithuanian: Kauno gubernija) or Government of Kaunas was a governorate (guberniya) of the Russian Empire. Its capital was Kaunas (Kovno in Russian). It was formed on 18 December 1842 by tsar Nicholas I from the western part of Vilna Governorate, and the order was carried out on 1 July 1843. The Tsarist government had once considered it a part of Northwestern Krai. The governorate included almost the entire Lithuanian region of Žemaitija and the northern part of Aukštaitija.
The governorate was divided into seven uyezds:[1]
Uyezd | Area (km²) | Population in 1897 | Population in 1914 |
Kaunas | 4,029 | 227,500 | 301,800 |
Vilkmergė | 5,866 | 229,100 | 263,600 |
Zarasai | 5,437 | 208,500 | 242,300 |
Panevėžys | 6,215 | 222,900 | 259,700 |
Raseiniai | 6,485 | 235,400 | 279,200 |
Telšiai | 5,306 | 183,400 | 216,000 |
Šiauliai | 6,922 | 238,000 | 294,500 |
Total | 40,260 | 1,544,600 | 1,857,100 |
References
- ↑ Vaitiekūnas, Stasys (2006). Lietuvos gyventojai: Per du tūkstantmečius (in Lithuanian). Vilnius: Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidybos institutas. pp. 86, 121. ISBN 5-420-01585-4.
Further reading
Subdivisions of the Russian Empire |
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| Governorates (List) | |
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| Oblasts | |
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| Oblasts of Stepnoy Krai | |
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| Oblasts of Turkestan Krai | |
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| Governorates of Finland |
- Åbo och Björneborg
- Vasa (Nikolaistad)
- Viborg
- Kuopio
- Nyland (Helsinki)
- St. Michel
- Tavastehus
- Uleåborg
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| Governorates of Poland | |
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| Ostsee Governorates³ | |
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| Governorates of Galicia |
- Lvov
- Przemyśl
- Tarnopol
- Chernovtsy
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| Special Districts | |
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| Dependent state formations | |
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| ¹ Italics indicates renamed or abolished governorates, oblasts, etc on 1 January 1914. ² An asterisk (*) indicates governorates formed or created with renaming after 1 January 1914. ³ Ostsee or Baltic general-governorship was abolished in 1876. |
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Coordinates: 54°54′00″N 23°56′00″E / 54.9000°N 23.9333°E / 54.9000; 23.9333