Sandomierz Governorate (russian: Сандомирская губерния; pl, Gubernia sandomierska) was an administrative unit (

governorate A governorate is an administrative division of a state. It is headed by a governor. As English-speaking nations tend to call regions administered by governors either State (administrative division), states or province, provinces, the term ''govern ...

) of

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 ...

History

It was created in 1837 from the

Sandomierz Voivodeship Sandomierz Voivodeship ( pl, Województwo Sandomierskie, la, Palatinatus Sandomirensis) was a unit of administration and local government in Poland from the 14th century to the partitions of Poland in 1772–1795. It was part of the Lesser Poland ...

, and had the same borders and capital ( Radom) as the voivodeship. Its lower levels of administration were also mostly unchanged, although renamed from

obwód Obwód (plural ''obwody'') is a term used in Polish to denote administrative districts in various countries, particularly as a translation of the Russian ''oblast''. As administrative subdivisions of Poland itself, obwody existed as subdivisions of ...

s to

powiat A ''powiat'' (pronounced ; Polish plural: ''powiaty'') is the second-level unit of local government and administration in Poland, equivalent to a county, district or prefecture ( LAU-1, formerly NUTS-4) in other countries. The term "''powia ...

s. Reform of 1844 merged the governorate with

Kielce Governorate Kielce Governorate (russian: Келецкая губерния (pre-1917 orthography: Кѣлецкая губернія); pl, Gubernia kielecka) was an administrative unit (governorate) of Congress Poland. History It was created in 1841 from th ...

, creating a new entity, the Radom Governorate.

References

* Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland {{Administrative division of Congress Poland Governorates of Congress Poland History of Lesser Poland Sandomierz States and territories established in 1837