Kiev Viceroyalty (Russian: Киевское наместничество, romanized: Kiyevskoye 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.
| Kiev Viceroyalty Киевское наместничество | |||||||||||||
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| Viceroyalty of Russian Empire | |||||||||||||
| 1781–1796 | |||||||||||||
 Kiev Viceroyalty map from 1792 | |||||||||||||
| Capital | Kiev | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
• Established | 7 November 1781 | ||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 30 November 1796 | ||||||||||||
| Political subdivisions | uyezds: 11 okrugs: 10 (from 1791) | ||||||||||||
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Description
editOn 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
editGovernor-generals (viceroys)
edit- 1782–1796 – Petr Rumyantsev
- 1791–1793 – Mikhail Krechetnikov, (acting)
- 1793–1794 – Osip Igelstrom, (acting)
Viceroyalty governors
edit- 1782–1795 – Semen Shirkov
- 1796 – 17.06.1797 Vasiliy Krasno-Milashevich
References
edit- ^ Сергей Тархов, "Изменение административно-территориального деления России в XIII-XX в." (pdf), Логос, No. 1 2005 (46), сс. 65–101, 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