Kiev Viceroyalty was created in the process of the Catherine's reform initiated by hers November 7, 1775 edict when the new administrative unit

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) was introduced.

Description

On September 16, 1781, an edict was issued to transform the Governorate into a Viceroyalty (''Kievskoye namestnichestvo''),Сергей Тархов, "Изменение административно-территориального деления России в XIII-XX в."
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сс. 65–101, (Ivan Fundukley. ''Statistical Description of Kiev Governorate''. St. Petersburg, 1852)Справка: Административно-территориальное деление России XVIII-XX веков
''Отечественные записки'', № 6 (7) (2002) with the effective date of January 9, 1782. The Viceroyalty was subdivided into the following ''counties'' (

uyezd An uezd (also spelled uyezd; rus, уе́зд, p=ʊˈjest), or povit in a Ukrainian context ( uk, повіт), or Kreis in Baltic-German context, was a type of administrative subdivision of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, the Russian Empire, and the ea ...

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Kiev Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the List of European cities by populat ...

* Gorodishche * Goltva * Khorol *

Kozelets Kozelets ( uk, Козелець ) is an urban-type settlement in Chernihiv Raion, Chernihiv Oblast (province) of northern Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Kozelets settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Kozelets is located on t ...

Lubny Lubny ( uk, Лубни́, ), is a city in Poltava Oblast (province) of central Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of Lubny Raion (district), the city itself is administratively incorporated as a city of oblast significance and does n ...

Mirgorod Myrhorod ( uk, Ми́ргород, ) is a city in the Poltava Oblast (province) of central Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of the Myrhorod Raion (district), the city itself is administratively incorporated as a city of oblast s ...

Ostyor The Ostyor (russian: Остёр), or AsciorInstruction on transliteration of Belarusian geographical names with letters of Latin script, official transliteration ( be, Асцёр) is a river in Pochinkovsky District, Smolensk Oblast, Pochinkovsky, ...

* Pereyaslavl * Piryatin *

Zolotonosha Zolotonosha ( uk, Золотоноша , yi, זאלאטאנאשא) is a city located in Cherkasy Oblast (region) in central Ukraine. Located at around , the city serves as the administrative center of Zolotonosha Raion (district). It hosts th ...

Note that some sources state that the towns of Khorol and Gorodishche were included without their districts. In 1789, Gorodishche county was transferred to the

Yekaterinoslav Governorate The Yekaterinoslav Governorate (russian: Екатеринославская губерния, Yekaterinoslavskaya guberniya; uk, Катеринославська губернія, translit=Katerynoslavska huberniia) or Government of Yekaterinos ...

. In 1791, the Kiev Viceroyalty was subdivided into ten okrugs and in early 1790s additional districts ''(

s)'' of

Bohuslav Bohuslav ( uk, Богуслав, yi, באָסלעוו or ''Boslov'') is a city on the Ros River in Obukhiv Raion, Kyiv Oblast (province) of Ukraine. Population: . It hosts the administration of Bohuslav urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Uk ...

, Gadyach,

Kaniv Kaniv ( uk, Канів, ) city located in Cherkasy Raion, Cherkasy Oblast (province) in central Ukraine. The city rests on the Dnieper River, and is also one of the main inland river ports on the Dnieper. It hosts the administration of Kaniv urb ...

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, Korsun, and

Lokhvytsia Lokhvytsia ( uk, Ло́хвиця, , ; russian: Ло́хвица, ) is a city in Poltava Oblast (province) of central Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Lokhvytsia Raion (district), and is located on the banks of the Lokhvytsia River. Po ...

were added.Гербы украинских земель в составе Российской империи
/ref> On June 4, 1782, the Coat of Arms of Kiev was officially approved, which ''de facto'' became a Coat of Arms of the Viceroyalty. According to the description,

Archangel Michael Michael (; he, מִיכָאֵל, lit=Who is like El od, translit=Mīḵāʾēl; el, Μιχαήλ, translit=Mikhaḗl; la, Michahel; ar, ميخائيل ، مِيكَالَ ، ميكائيل, translit=Mīkāʾīl, Mīkāl, Mīkhāʾīl), also ...

is dressed in silver holding up an aglow sword, depicted on an azure shield.ПСЗ, т. XXI, №15423, cited throug
Гербы украинских земель в составе Российской империи
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Governors of Viceroyalty

Governor-Generals (Viceroys)

* 1782—1796 — Petr Rumyantsev ** 1791—1793 —

Mikhail Krechetnikov Michael N. Krechetnikov (russian: Михаил Никитич Кречетников, 1729, Moscow, Russian Empire – 9 May 1793, Medzhybizh, Podolie Vice-Royalty, Russian Empire) was a Russian military commander and General of Infantry (General-i ...

, ''(acting)'' ** 1793—1794 — Osip Igelstrom, ''(acting)''

Viceroyalty governors

* 1782—1795 — Semen Shirkov * 1796 — 17.06.1797 Vasiliy Krasno-Milashevich

References

{{coord missing, Ukraine 1775 establishments in the Russian Empire 1796 disestablishments in the Russian Empire History of Kyiv Viceroyalties of the Russian Empire