Kyiv Viceroyalty
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Kiev Viceroyalty was created in the process of the Catherine's reform initiated by hers November 7, 1775 edict when the new administrative unit
namestnichestvo A viceroy () is an official who reigns over a polity in the name of and as the representative of the monarch of the territory. The term derives from the Latin prefix ''vice-'', meaning "in the place of" and the French word ''roy'', meaning " ...
( viceroyalty) was introduced.


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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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(Ivan Fundukley. ''Statistical Description of Kiev Governorate''. St. Petersburg, 1852)Справка: Административно-территориальное деление России XVIII-XX веков
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with the effective date of January 9, 1782. The Viceroyalty was subdivided into the following ''counties'' ( uyezds): *
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* Gorodishche * Goltva * Khorol * Kozelets * Lubny * Mirgorod * Ostyor * Pereyaslavl * Piryatin * Zolotonosha 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. In 1791, the Kiev Viceroyalty was subdivided into ten okrugs and in early 1790s additional districts ''( uyezds)'' of Bohuslav,
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was officially approved, which ''de facto'' became a Coat of Arms of the Viceroyalty. According to the description, Archangel Michael is dressed in silver holding up an aglow sword, depicted on an
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Governors of Viceroyalty


Governor-Generals (Viceroys)

* 1782—1796 —
Petr Rumyantsev Count Pyotr Alexandrovich Rumyantsev-Zadunaisky (russian: Пётр Алекса́ндрович Румя́нцев-Задунайский; – ) was one of the foremost Russian generals of the 18th century. He governed Little Russia in the na ...
** 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 —
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Viceroyalty governors

* 1782—1795 —
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* 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