Kiev Viceroyalty
| Kiev Viceroyalty Киевское наместничество | |||||||||||||
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| Viceroyalty of Russian Empire | |||||||||||||
| 1781–1796 | |||||||||||||
_(1782).gif) Coat of arms | |||||||||||||
Kiev | |||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
• Established | November 7 1781 | ||||||||||||
• Disestablished | November 30 1796 | ||||||||||||
| Political subdivisions | uyezds: 11 : 10 (from 1791)okrugs | ||||||||||||
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Kiev Viceroyalty (
Catherine's
reforms initiated by edict of November 7, 1775.
Description
On September 16, 1781, an edict was issued to transform the governorate into a viceroyalty,uyezds):[2]
- Kiev
- Gorodishche
- Goltva
- Khorol
- Kozelets
- Lubny
- Mirgorod
- Ostyor
- Pereyaslavl
- Piryatin
- Zolotonosha
Note that some sources state that the towns of Khorol and Gorodishche were included without their districts.[5]
In 1789, Gorodishche county was transferred to the
On June 4, 1782, the
coat of arms of Kiev was officially approved, which de facto became a coat of arms of the viceroyalty. According to the description, Archangel Michael was to be dressed in silver holding up an aglow sword, depicted on an azure shield.[6]
Governors
Governor-generals (viceroys)
- 1782–1796 – Petr Rumyantsev
- 1791–1793 – Mikhail Krechetnikov, (acting)
- 1793–1794 – Osip Igelstrom, (acting)
Viceroyalty governors
- 1782–1795 – Semen Shirkov
- 1796 – 17.06.1797 Vasiliy Krasno-Milashevich
References
- ISSN 0869-5377
- ^ a b c d Иван Фундуклей. "Статистическое описание Киевской Губернии", Часть I. Санкт-Петербург, 1852. (Ivan Fundukley. Statistical Description of Kiev Governorate. St. Petersburg, 1852)
- ^ "Киевская область". Archived from the original on 2008-01-06. Retrieved 2013-03-24.
- ^ Справка: Административно-территориальное деление России XVIII-XX веков, Отечественные записки, № 6 (7) (2002)
- ^ a b Гербы украинских земель в составе Российской империи
- ^ ПСЗ, т. XXI, №15423, cited through Гербы украинских земель в составе Российской империи