Kovno Governorate
| Kovno Governorate Ковенская губеpния Kovenskaya guberniya | |||||||||
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| Governorate of the Russian Empire | |||||||||
| 1843–1915 | |||||||||
 Coat of arms
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.svg) Kovno Governorate within the Russian Empire | |||||||||
| Capital | Kaunas (Kovno) | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Order of tzar Nicholas I of 18 December 1842 | 1 July | ||||||||
• World War I | 1915 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Belarus Latvia Lithuania | ||||||||
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Kovno Governorate (Russian: Ковенская губеpния, romanized: Kovenskaya guberniya; Lithuanian: Kauno gubernija) or Governorate 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. It was part of the Vilna Governorate-General and Northwestern Krai. The governorate included almost the entire Lithuanian region of Samogitia and the northern part of Aukštaitija.
Counties
The governorate was divided into seven uyezds:[1]
| County | County Seat | Area (km2) | Population in 1897 | Population in 1914 |
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| Kovensky Uyezd | Kovno | 4,029 | 227,500 | 301,800 |
| Novoalexandrovsky Uyezd | Novoaleksandrovsk | 5,437 | 208,500 | 242,300 |
| Ponevezhsky Uyezd | Ponevezh | 6,215 | 222,900 | 259,700 |
| Rossiyensky Uyezd | Rossiyeny | 6,485 | 235,400 | 279,200 |
| Shavelsky Uyezd | Shavli | 6,922 | 238,000 | 294,500 |
| Telshevsky Uyezd | Telshi | 5,306 | 183,400 | 216,000 |
| Vilkomirsky Uyezd | Vilkomir | 5,866 | 229,100 | 263,600 |
| 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
- William Henry Beable (1919), "Governments or Provinces of the Former Russian Empire: Kovno", Russian Gazetteer and Guide, London: Russian Outlook – via Open Library
- Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
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