Irkutsk Governorate (russian: Иркутская губерния) was an administrative division (a '' guberniya'') of 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 ...

, located in

Siberia Siberia ( ; rus, Сибирь, r=Sibir', p=sʲɪˈbʲirʲ, a=Ru-Сибирь.ogg) is an extensive geographical region, constituting all of North Asia, from the Ural Mountains in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east. It has been a part ...

. It existed from 1764 to 1926; its seat was in the city of Irkutsk.

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Governorates of the Russian Empire 1764 establishments in the Russian Empire States and territories disestablished in 1926 {{Russia-geo-stub