Caucasus Viceroyalty (1785–1796)
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| Caucasus Viceroyalty Кавказское наместничество | |||||||||||
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| Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire | |||||||||||
| 1785–1796 | |||||||||||
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| Capital | Yekaterinograd | ||||||||||
| • Type | Viceroyalty | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
• Established | 1785 | ||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1796 | ||||||||||
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The Caucasus Viceroyalty (Russian: Кавказское наместничество) was established in 1785 by Catherine the Great by transforming Astrakhan Governorate and adding some lands from Taurida Oblast. It was abolished by Paul I in 1796.
Heads
The five heads of the viceroyalty were:
| time | name | life span |
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| 1785–1787 | Pavel Potemkin | 1743–1796 |
| 1787–1788 | Pyotr Abramovic Tekkeli | ?−1793 |
| 1788–1788 | Ivan Petrovich Saltykov | 1730–1805 |
| 1788–1790 | Anton Bogdanovich de Balme | 1741–1790 |
| 1790–1796, 1796–1798, 1806–1809 |
Ivan Vasilyevich Gudovich | 1732–1820 |