Governorate-General (Russian Empire)

Governorates-General (Russian: генерал-губернаторство; general-gubernatorstvo) were a type of administrative-territorial division in the Russian Empire from 17751917. Governorates-General usually comprised a set of guberniyas and oblasts. The term was sometimes used to refer to krais or military guberniyas. The Moscow and Saint-Petersburg governorates were placed into a separate governorate-general.

Governorate-General
CategorySubdivision of a unitary state
Location Russian Empire
Created
  • 1775–1917
Subdivisions

Description

Governorates-General were governed by governors-general, military leaders of a territory. Governors-General supervised governors, but did not directly participate in the administration of their subordinated guberniyas, except for Moscow and Saint-Petersburg.

List of Governorates-General

See also

Notes

  1. Usually three guberniyas per Governorate-General

References

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