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Kiev Viceroyalty

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Kiev Viceroyalty
Киевское наместничество
Viceroyalty of Russian Empire
1781–1796

Kiev Viceroyalty map from 1792
CapitalKiev
History 
• Established
7 November 1781
• Disestablished
30 November 1796
Political subdivisionsuyezds: 11
okrugs: 10 (from 1791)
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Kiev Governorate (1708–1764)
Little Russia Governorate (1764–1781)
Kiev Governorate
Little Russia Governorate (1796–1802)

Kiev Viceroyalty (Russian: Киевское наместничество, romanizedKiyevskoye namestnichestvo) was an administrative-territorial unit (namestnichestvo) of the Russian Empire, which existed in 1781–1796. It was created in the process of Catherine's reforms initiated by edict of November 7, 1775.

Description

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On September 16, 1781, an edict was issued to transform the governorate into a viceroyalty,[1][2][3][4] with the effective date of January 9, 1782.[2] The viceroyalty was subdivided into the following counties (uyezds):[2]

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 Yekaterinoslav Governorate. In 1791, the Kiev Viceroyalty was subdivided into ten okrugs,[2] and in early 1790s additional districts (uyezds) of Bohuslav, Gadyach, Kaniv, Zinkiv, Korsun, and Lokhvytsia were added.[5]

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

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Governor-generals (viceroys)

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Viceroyalty governors

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References

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  1. ^ Сергей Тархов, "Изменение административно-территориального деления России в XIII-XX в." (pdf), Логос, No. 1 2005 (46), сс. 65–101, ISSN 0869-5377
  2. ^ 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)
  3. ^ "Киевская область". Archived from the original on 2008-01-06. Retrieved 2013-03-24.
  4. ^ Справка: Административно-территориальное деление России XVIII-XX веков, Отечественные записки, № 6 (7) (2002)
  5. ^ a b Гербы украинских земель в составе Российской империи
  6. ^ ПСЗ, т. XXI, №15423, cited through Гербы украинских земель в составе Российской империи