Southwestern Krai (russian: Юго-западный край, Yugo-zapadny kray), also known as Kiev General Governorate or Kiev, Podolia, and Volhynia General Governorate ( rus, Киевское, Подольское и Волынское генерал-губернаторство, Kievskoye, Podol'skoye i Volynskoye general-gubernatorstvo) was an administrative-territorial and political subdivision (a
krai
A krai or kray (; russian: край, , ''kraya'') is one of the types of federal subjects of modern Russia, and was a type of geographical administrative division in the Russian Empire and the Russian SFSR.
Etymologically, the word is relate ...
) of the
Russian Empire
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in 1832–1914.
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Kiev General-Governorate (КИЇВСЬКЕ ГЕНЕРАЛ-ГУБЕРНАТОРСТВО)
'. Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine. 2007. It has a special status established for the gradual political and economical integration and assimilation of the non-Russian (Jewish, Polish, Tatar Ukrainian) population of
right-bank Ukraine
Right-bank Ukraine ( uk , Правобережна Україна, ''Pravoberezhna Ukrayina''; russian: Правобережная Украина, ''Pravoberezhnaya Ukraina''; pl, Prawobrzeżna Ukraina, sk, Pravobrežná Ukrajina, hu, Jobb p ...
within the Russian Empire.
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History
The Southwestern Krai or the Governor General of Kiev, Podolia and Volhynia consisting of three ''gubernias'', the Volhynia
Volhynia (also spelled Volynia) ( ; uk, Воли́нь, Volyn' pl, Wołyń, russian: Волы́нь, Volýnʹ, ), is a historic region in Central and Eastern Europe, between south-eastern Poland, south-western Belarus, and western Ukraine. Th ...
, the Podolia
Podolia or Podilia ( uk, Поділля, Podillia, ; russian: Подолье, Podolye; ro, Podolia; pl, Podole; german: Podolien; be, Падолле, Padollie; lt, Podolė), is a historic region in Eastern Europe, located in the west-central ...
and the Kiev Governorate
Kiev Governorate, r=Kievskaya guberniya; uk, Київська губернія, Kyivska huberniia (, ) was an administrative division of the Russian Empire from 1796 to 1919 and the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic from 1919 to 1925. It wa ...
, was supposedly incepted on January 22, 1832 when Vasily Levashov
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*Vasili I of Moscow Grand Prince from 1389–1425
* Vasili II of Moscow Grand Prince fr ...
, was appointed the Military Governor of Kiev and the General Governor of Podolia and Volhynia. However a position of Kiev Military Governor existed since 1796.
Separately there existed the Governor General of Little Russia and the Governor General of New Russia and Bessarabia.
From 1881 the territory of the Governorate General was ''de facto'' expanded to five Gubernias as Governor General
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Alexander Drenteln
Alexander Romanovich Drenteln (Александр Романович Дрентельн) (1820-1888) was a Russian general.
He held the rank of General of the Infantry, and held the positions of:
* Adjutant General of the H. I. M. Retinue,
* C ...
was also appointed the temporary Governor General of Chernigov
Chernihiv ( uk, Черні́гів, , russian: Черни́гов, ; pl, Czernihów, ; la, Czernihovia), is a List of cities in Ukraine, city and List of hromadas of Ukraine, municipality in northern Ukraine, which serves as the administrative ...
and Poltava
Poltava (, ; uk, Полтава ) is a city located on the Vorskla River in central Ukraine. It is the capital city of the Poltava Oblast (province) and of the surrounding Poltava Raion (district) of the oblast. Poltava is administratively ...
governorates (former governorates of the Governor General of Little Russia).
In 1889 the Governorate General original jurisdiction of only three gubernias was restored. It existed in this form until 1915 when the territorial unit was abolished. Fyodor Trepov was the last General Governor of Kiev.
In 1912 the Kholm Governorate Kholm Governorate may refer to:
* Kholm Governorate (Russian Empire), a region of the Russian Empire in 1912–1915, centered in Kholm (today Chełm in Poland)
* Kholm Governorate (Ukraine) :''You may also be looking for Kholm Governorate of the Ru ...
, a former governorate of the Congress Poland
Congress Poland, Congress Kingdom of Poland, or Russian Poland, formally known as the Kingdom of Poland, was a polity created in 1815 by the Congress of Vienna as a semi-autonomous Polish state, a successor to Napoleon's Duchy of Warsaw. It w ...
, was detached from it, and attached to the Kiev General Governorate.
List of General Governors and Military Governors
* November 18, 1796 - November 29, 1797 Count Ivan Saltykov
Count Ivan Petrovich Saltykov (russian: Иван Петрович Салтыков; 28 June 1730 – 14 November 1805) was a Russian Field Marshal, the Governor-General of Moscow from 1797 to 1804, and owner of the grand estate of Marfino.
Bio ...
* November 30, 1797 - March 12, 1798 Didrich Arend Rosenberg
* March 1798 - June 1798 Ivan Gudovich
Count Ivan Vasilyevich Gudovich (russian: Граф Ива́н Васи́льевич Гудо́вич, tr. ; 1741–1820) was a Russian noble and military leader of Ukrainian descent. His exploits included the capture of Khadjibey (1789) and the ...
* June 13, 1798 - 1799 Aleksandr Bekleshov
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Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Al ...
* 1801 - 1803 Andrei Fensh
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*Andrei of Polotsk (–1399), Lithuanian nobleman
*And ...
* 1803 - 1806 Alexander Tormasov
Count Alexander Petrovich Tormasov (; 22 August 1752 – 25 November 1819) was a Russian cavalry general prominent during the Napoleonic Wars.
Early life
Alexander Tormasov was born on 22 August 1752 into an old Russian noble family. At t ...
* September 28, 1806 - July 3, 1809 Mikhail Kutuzov
Prince Mikhail Illarionovich Golenishchev-Kutuzov ( rus, Князь Михаи́л Илларио́нович Голени́щев-Куту́зов, Knyaz' Mikhaíl Illariónovich Goleníshchev-Kutúzov; german: Mikhail Illarion Golenishchev-Kut ...
* 1810 - August 1818 Mikhail Miloradovich
Count Mikhail Andreyevich Miloradovich (russian: Граф Михаи́л Андре́евич Милора́дович, sh-Cyrl, Гроф Михаил Андрејевић Милорадовић ''Grof Mihail Andrejević Miloradović''; – ...
* 1827 - 1829 Peter Zheltukhin
Peter Zheltukhin () (1777, Kazan – 1829, Kyiv) was a Russian soldier, born to a noble family in Kazan gubernia.
A career officer he server as a Colonel at the Battle of Borodino in the Napoleonic Wars.
During the Russo-Turkish War of 1828-29 ...
* 1829 - January 22, 1832 Boris Knyazhnin
Boris may refer to:
People
* Boris (given name), a male given name
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* Boris (surname)
* Boris I of Bulgaria (died 907), the first Christian ruler of the First Bulgarian Empire, canonized after his d ...
* January 22, 1832 - June 9, 1835 Count Vasiliy Levashov
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*Vasili I of Moscow Grand Prince from 1389–1425
*Vasili II of Moscow Grand Prince fro ...
* June 9, 1835 - November 15, 1837 Count Aleksandr Guryev
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Variants li ...
* December 29, 1837 - August 30, 1852 Dmitriy Bibikov
Dmitri (russian: Дми́трий); Church Slavic form: Dimitry or Dimitri (); ancient Russian forms: D'mitriy or Dmitr ( or ) is a male given name common in Orthodox Christian culture, the Russian version of Greek Demetrios (Δημήτριος ...
* August 30, 1852 - November 12, 1862 Prince Illarion Vasilchikov
Illarion Illarionovich Vasilchikov (1805 – 12 November 1862) was an Imperial Russian general. He was the son of Illarion Vasilyevich Vasilchikov and Vera Vasilchikova. He was the father of Sergei Vasilchikov. One of his daughters married Alexa ...
* January 19, 1863 - January 19, 1865 Nicholas Annenkov
General Nicholas Nikolaievich Annenkov (Николай Николаевич Анненков) (December 1799 in Sergachsky Uyezd, Nizhny Novgorod Governorate – 25 November 1865 in St. Petersburg, Russia) was an influential Russian General of the ...
* January 19, 1865 - January 16, 1869 Aleksandr Bezak
Alexander Pavlovich Bezak (, 1800 – December 30, 1868) was an Imperial Russian Army general. He commanded the Kiev Military District from 1865 to 1868, and simultaneously was Governor-General of the Southwestern Krai. During his time as the go ...
* January 16, 1869 - April 16, 1878 Prince Aleksandr Dondukov-Korsakov
Dondukov is a Russian princely family descending from Donduk-Ombo, the sixth khan of the Kalmucks (reigned 1737–41). In 1732 he led 11,000 Kalmuck households from the Volga banks to the border of the Ottoman Empire at the Kuban River, asking the ...
* April 16, 1878 - January 13, 1881 Mikhail Chertkov
Mikhail Ivanovich Cherkov (russian: Михаил Иванович Чертков ) (St. Petersburg, August 14, 1829 - Paris, October 19, 1905) was a Russian Cavalry General and statesman who served as Governor-General of Warsaw in Poland between ...
* January 13, 1881 - July 15, 1888 Alexander Drenteln
Alexander Romanovich Drenteln (Александр Романович Дрентельн) (1820-1888) was a Russian general.
He held the rank of General of the Infantry, and held the positions of:
* Adjutant General of the H. I. M. Retinue,
* C ...
* August 12, 1889 - December 7, 1897 Count Aleksei Ignatiev
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* January 1, 1898 - December 24, 1903 Mikhail Dragomirov
Mikhail Ivanovich Dragomirov (russian: Михаил Иванович Драгомиров; – ) was a Russian general and military writer. His grandfather Ivan Antonovych Dragomirecki-Mockewicz after being granted a noble title in 1786, change ...
* December 24, 1903 - October 19, 1905 Nicholas Kleigels
Nikolai Vasilyevich Kleigels ( rus, Николай Васильевич Клейгельс, 25 November 1850 – 20 July 1916) was a Russian general, statesman, Adjutant-General, and also préfet de police of Saint Petersburg.
Political career
A ...
* October 19, 1905 - December 18, 1908 Vladimir Sukhomlinov
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Sukhomlinov ( rus, Владимир Александрович Сухомлинов, p=sʊxɐˈmlʲinəf; – 2 February 1926) was a Russian general of the Imperial Russian Army who served as the Chief of the General Staf ...
* December 18, 1908 - 1914 Fyodor Trepov
See also
*Northwestern Krai
Northwestern Krai (russian: links=no, Северо-Западный край) was a ''krai'' of the Russian Empire (unofficial subdivision) in the territories of the former Grand Duchy of Lithuania (present-day Belarus and Lithuania). The adminis ...
*Western Krai
Western Krai (russian: Западный край, literally ''Western Land'') was an unofficial name for the westernmost parts of the Russian Empire, excluding the territory of Congress Poland (which was sometimes referred to as Vistula Krai). Th ...
*November Uprising
The November Uprising (1830–31), also known as the Polish–Russian War 1830–31 or the Cadet Revolution,
was an armed rebellion in the heartland of partitioned Poland against the Russian Empire. The uprising began on 29 November 1830 in W ...
*Law about Zemstvos in the western governorates
*Palace of Governor-General in Kyiv
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Further reading
* иевское, Подольское и волынское генерал-губернаторство (Юго-Западный край) 22.01.1832-1915
References
External links
* Shandra, V.
Kiev General-Governorate (КИЇВСЬКЕ ГЕНЕРАЛ-ГУБЕРНАТОРСТВО)
'. Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine. 2007.
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