The General Government of Galicia and Bukovina (russian: Галицийское генерал-губернаторство) was a temporary

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military administration Military administration identifies both the techniques and systems used by military departments, agencies, and armed services involved in managing the armed forces. It describes the processes that take place within military organisations outsid ...

of eastern parts of the

Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria The Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria,, ; pl, Królestwo Galicji i Lodomerii, ; uk, Королівство Галичини та Володимирії, Korolivstvo Halychyny ta Volodymyrii; la, Rēgnum Galiciae et Lodomeriae also known as ...

captured from

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during

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. The administration was established after the Russian victory in the

Battle of Galicia The Battle of Galicia, also known as the Battle of Lemberg, was a major battle between Russia and Austria-Hungary during the early stages of World War I in 1914. In the course of the battle, the Austro-Hungarian armies were severely defeated and ...

, led by the commander-in-chief Nikolai Ivanov in the late summer of 1914. It did not last long and by mid-1915 Russians retreated, following the

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led by the

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overall commander

August von Mackensen Anton Ludwig Friedrich August von Mackensen (born Mackensen; 6 December 1849 – 8 November 1945), ennobled as "von Mackensen" in 1899, was a German field marshal. He commanded successfully during World War I of 1914–1918 and became one of t ...

. During the later stages of the war, the Russian forces tried to reclaim the territory during the military operations of Brusilov and Kerensky. Even if, de facto, it did cease to function after the

Great Retreat The Great Retreat (), also known as the retreat from Mons, was the long withdrawal to the River Marne in August and September 1914 by the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) and the French Fifth Army. The Franco-British forces on the Western Fro ...

in 1915, it was not formally abolished until 1917.

Military governors and krai commissars

* September 5, 1914 – July 14, 1915: Georgiy Bobrinsky * October 4, 1916 – May 31, 1917: Fyodor Trepov, administrator of the governments of Ternopol and Chernovtsy * April 22 – August 2, 1917:

Dmytro Doroshenko Dmytro Doroshenko ( uk, Дмитро Іванович Дорошенко, ''Dmytro Ivanovych Doroshenko'', russian: Дми́трий Ива́нович Дороше́нко; 8 April 1882 – 19 March 1951) was a prominent Ukrainian political figu ...

, Krai commissar of the

Russian Provisional Government The Russian Provisional Government ( rus, Временное правительство России, Vremennoye pravitel'stvo Rossii) was a provisional government of the Russian Republic, announced two days before and established immediately ...

Administrative division

There were four governments (''guberniya'') that were divided into counties (''uyezdy'', locally - ''powiats''). * Lvov Governorate * Ternopol Governorate * Chernovtsy Governorate * Peremyshl Governorate

External links

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