Lithuania Governorate

1796–1801 unit of Russia
Lithuania Governorate was made of both Vilna Governorate and Grodno Governorate

Lithuania Governorate[a] was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of the Russian Empire in 1796–1801.[1][2]

After the third partition of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1795, the former territories of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania were divided between the Vilna Governorate and the Slonim Governorate by Catherine II of Russia.[3] After her death just a year later, her son Paul I of Russia became the Emperor of Russia. He reversed or modified many of his mother's policies and decisions, including administrative divisions. On December 12, 1796, the two governorates were merged into one called the Lithuania Governorate with capital in Vilna. In 1801, Paul I was assassinated and the Lithuania Governorate was divided into the Lithuania-Vilna Governorate and the Lithuania-Grodno Governorate by his successor, Alexander I of Russia.[3]

Notes

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    • Russian: Литовская губерния, romanized: Litovksaya guberniya
    • Lithuanian: Lietuvos gubernija

References

  1. ^ "Lietuvos gubernija". Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 10 March 2023.
  2. ^ "Vilniaus istorija". Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 10 March 2023.
  3. ^ a b Kulakauskas, Antanas (2002). "Administracinės reformos". Gimtoji istorija. Nuo 7 iki 12 klasės (in Lithuanian). Vilnius: Elektroninės leidybos namai. ISBN 9986-9216-9-4. Retrieved 2017-12-29.

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³ Ostsee or Baltic general-governorship was abolished in 1876.
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