Vyborg Governorate
Vyborg Governorate Выборгская губерния | |||||||||
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Governorate of the Russian Empire | |||||||||
1744–1812 | |||||||||
History | |||||||||
• Established | 1744 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1812 | ||||||||
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Today part of | Finland Russia |
Vyborg Governorate
In the Treaty of Nystad of 1721, Sweden formally ceded control of parts of the Viborg and Nyslott County and the Kexholm County located on the Karelian Isthmus and Lake Ladoga region to Russia. First these areas were part of the Saint Petersburg Governorate. Vyborg Governorate was established in 1744 when Sweden ceded control of parts of Kymmenegård and Nyslott County by the Treaty of Åbo. In Sweden (including Finland), the area of the governorate was also known as Old Finland (Swedish: Gamla Finland, Finnish: Vanha Suomi), and between 1802 and 1812 it was named the "Finland Governorate".
During the
In 1812, the area of Vyborg Governorate was transferred from Russia proper to the grand duchy and established as
Governors
- 1744–1744 Yury Nikitich Repnin
- 1745–1752 Afanasey Isakov (acting)
- 1752–1754 Johann Christoph von Keyser
- 1754–1766 Afanasey Isakov
- 1766–1778 Nikolaus Hendrik von Engelhardt
- 1779–1780 Yevgeny Petrovich Kashkin
- 1780–1782 Pyotr Alekseyevich Stupishin
- 1782–1785 Wilhelm Heinrich von Engelhardt
- 1785–1785 Alexander Magnus von Peutling
- 1785–1793 Karl Johann von Günzel (acting)
- 1793–1797 Fyodor Pavlovich Shcherbatov
- 1797–1799 Karl Magnus von Rüdinger
- 1799–1799 Pyotr Vasilyevich Zheltuhin
- 1799–1804 Magnus Orraeus
- 1804–1808 Nikolay Fyodorovich Emin
- 1808–1811 Ivan Jakovlevich Buharin
- 1811–1812 Johan Gustaf Winter