The Belarusian Governorate General (russian: Белорусское генерал-губернаторство) was a military-administrative division of the

Russian Empire The Russian Empire was an empire and the final period of the Russian monarchy from 1721 to 1917, ruling across large parts of Eurasia. It succeeded the Tsardom of Russia following the Treaty of Nystad, which ended the Great Northern War. ...

established on December 12, 1796. Its capital was Vitebsk. Since the reform of February 27 1802 it was named Витебское и Могилёвское генерал-губернаторство and included

Vitebsk Governorate Vitebsk Governorate (russian: Витебская губерния, ) was an administrative unit ( guberniya) of the Russian Empire, with the seat of governorship in Vitebsk. It was established in 1802 by splitting the Byelorussia Governorate and ...

and

Mogilev Governorate The Mogilev Governorate () or Government of Mogilev was a governorate () of the Russian Empire in the territory of the present day Belarus. Its capital was in Mogilev, referred to as Mogilev-on-the-Dnieper, or Mogilev Gubernskiy. The area of the ...

Since 1823 in included the Smolensk Governorate and accordingly renamed to Витебское, Могилёвское и Смоленское генерал-губернаторство. It was abolished on February 17, 1856.

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