The Yekaterinoslav Viceroyalty[a] was an administrative-territorial unit (namestnichestvo) of the Russian Empire, which was created on 26 March 1783 by merging Novorossiya Governorate and Azov Governorate. On 31 December 1796, it was incorporated into re-established Novorossiya Governorate.
| Yekaterinoslav Viceroyalty Екатеринославское наместничество | |||||||||||||||
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| Viceroyalty of Russian Empire | |||||||||||||||
| 1783–1796 | |||||||||||||||
 Coat of arms
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.jpg) Map of 1792 | |||||||||||||||
| Capital | Kremenchug (1783), Yekaterinoslav (1789-1796) | ||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||
• Established | 26 March 1783 | ||||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 31 December 1796 | ||||||||||||||
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| Today part of | Ukraine Russia | ||||||||||||||
Composition
editThe Viceroyalty was divided into counties known as uyezds. There were around 15 counties.
Former Novorossiysk Governorate
edit- Poltava Province
- Kremenchuk county (capital)
- Kobelyaki county (previously Novye Sanzhary county)
- Poltava county
- Yelizavetgrad Province
- Yelizavetgrad county
- Olviopol county (previously Yekaterinine county)
- Petrikovka county (previously Kryukov county)
- Nikopol Province (previously Slaviansk Province)
- Krivoy Rog county (previously Ingul county)
- Nikopol county (previously Slaviansk county)
- Novye Kodaki county (previously Saksangan county)
- Kherson Province
- Kazykermen county
- Novopavlovka county
- Kherson county
Former Azov Governorate (II)
edit- Bakhmut county
- Aleksandrovsk county (New Dnieper fortification line and portion of Kalmius Palatinate)
- Yekaterinine county (Samar Palatinate)
- Marienpol county
- Natalkov county
- Pavlov county (main part of Kalmius Palatinate)
- Taganrog county
- Tor county
- Tsarychan county (Orel and Protovcha palatinates and Donets pikers regiment)
Viceroyalty governors
editGovernor-General (Viceroy)
edit- 1783 — 05.10.1791 — Grigoriy Potemkin
- 1793—1796 — Platon Zubov
Viceroyalty governors
edit- 1783—1784 — Timofei Tutomlin
- 1784—1788 — Ivan Sinelnikov
- 1789—1794 — Vasiliy Kakhovskiy
- 1794—15.12.1796 — Joseph Horvat
References
editSee also
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