The Derbent Governorate (russian: Дербентская губерния) was a short-lived governorate ( guberniya) 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. ...

in 1846–1860. It was established by the decree of 14 December 1846 of

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. In accordance with the "Regulations on the Administration of the Dagestan Oblast" (Положением об управлении Дагестанской областью, 5 April 1860), the Derbent Governorate was abolished, and most of the area became part of the

Dagestan Oblast The Dagestan Oblast was a province (''oblast'') of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. It roughly corresponded to most of present-day southeastern Dagestan within the Russian Federation. The Dagestan Oblast was created in 1860 out of t ...

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* Sophie Hohmann, Claire Mouradian, Silvia Serrano, Julien Thorez (eds.), ''Development in Central Asia and the Caucasus: Migration, Democratisation and Inequality in the Post-Soviet Era'', I.B.Tauris, 2014, p. 44, n. 47. History of Derbent 1860 disestablishments Governorates of the Russian Empire States and territories established in 1846 1846 establishments in the Russian Empire {{Russia-hist-stub