The First

Little Russia Little Russia (russian: Малороссия/Малая Россия, Malaya Rossiya/Malorossiya; uk, Малоросія/Мала Росія, Malorosiia/Mala Rosiia), also known in English as Malorussia, Little Rus' (russian: Малая Ру� ...

Governorate (russian: Малороссiйская Губернiя, link=no) or Government of Malorossiya was created by Russian authorities in 1764–65 after the abolition of

Cossack Hetmanate The Cossack Hetmanate ( uk, Гетьманщина, Hetmanshchyna; or ''Cossack state''), officially the Zaporizhian Host or Army of Zaporizhia ( uk, Військо Запорозьке, Viisko Zaporozke, links=no; la, Exercitus Zaporoviensis) ...

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lands incorporated into 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. ...

. The (First) Little Russia Governorate was governed by

Pyotr 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 name ...

. With another administrative reform of 1781 the governorate and its subdivisions (regiments) were liquidated and replaced with vice-royalties divided into 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 ...

s).

Subdivisions

The governorate was divided into 10 regiments (polk) which were equivalent to counties (uyezd). * (1663–1782) * * *

Nizhyn Regiment The Nizhyn Regiment or Nezhin Regiment ( uk, Ні́жинський полк, russian: Нѣжинскій полкъ) was one of ten territorial-administrative subdivisions of the Cossack Hetmanate. The regiment's capital was the city of Nizhyn, n ...

* Chernihiv Regiment *

Pryluky Regiment The Pryluky Regiment was one of the seventeen territorial-administrative subdivisions of the Hetman State. The regiment's capital was the city of Pryluky, now in the Chernihiv Oblast, north-central Ukraine. History The regiment was created du ...

Lubny Regiment The Lubny Regiment ( uk, Лубенський полк, translit=Lubens’kyi polk, russian: Лубенский полк) was one of ten territorial-administrative subdivisions of the Cossack Hetmanate. The regiment's capital was the city of Lubn ...

Myrhorod Regiment The Myrhorod Regiment ( uk, Миргородський полк, translit=Myrhorods’kyi polk) was one of the 10 territorial-administrative subdivisions of the Cossack Hetmanate. The regiment's capital was the city of Myrhorod, now in Poltava Obl ...

Hadiach Regiment The Hadiach Regiment ( uk, Гадяцький полк, translit=Hadiats’kyi polk) was one of then territorial-administrative subdivisions of the Cossack Hetmanate. The regiment's capital was the city of Hadiach, now in Poltava Oblast of central ...

Poltava Regiment The Poltava Regiment ( uk, Полтавський полк) was one of ten territorial-administrative subdivisions of the Cossack Hetmanate. The regiment's capital was the city of Poltava, now in Poltava Oblast of central Ukraine. The Poltava Re ...

Coat of arms

Until 1767 the coat of arms for the governorate was

Cossack with musket Cossack with rifle, sometimes as Knight with rifle or Cossack with musket ( uk, Лицар із самопалом, Lytsar iz samopalom) is a former national emblem of the Cossack Hetmanate (Zaporozhian Host).Savchuk, Yu. Coat of Arms of the Malor ...

when it was replaced with the Russian double headed eagle.

References

States and territories disestablished in 1781 Governorates of the Russian Empire Governorates of Ukraine Political history of Ukraine 1764 establishments in the Russian Empire 1781 disestablishments in the Russian Empire 1760s in Ukraine 1770s in Ukraine 1780s in Ukraine {{Russia-hist-stub