Little Russia Governorate (1764-1781)
Little Russia Governorate may refer to: *Little Russia Governorate (1764–1781) *Little Russia Governorate (1796–1802) The Little Russia Governorate (russian: link=no, Малороссiйская Губернiя) or Government of Malorossiya was an administrative-territorial unit ( guberniya) of the Russian Empire that encompassed most of the modern North Easter ...

Little Russia Governorate (1764–1781)
The First Little Russia Governorate (russian: Малороссiйская Губернiя, link=no) or Government of Malorossiya was created by Russian authorities in 1764–65 after the abolition of Cossack Hetmanate in Ukrainian lands incorporated into the Russian Empire. The (First) Little Russia Governorate was governed by Pyotr Rumyantsev. With another administrative reform of 1781 the governorate and its subdivisions (regiments) were liquidated and replaced with vice-royalties divided into counties (uyezds). Subdivisions The governorate was divided into 10 regiments (polk) which were equivalent to counties (uyezd). * (1663–1782) * * * Nizhyn Regiment * Chernihiv Regiment * Pryluky Regiment * Lubny Regiment * Myrhorod Regiment * Hadiach Regiment * Poltava Regiment 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, Lyt ...
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