The General Government of Galicia and Bukovina () was a temporary Russian

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 outs ...

of the eastern parts of the

Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria The Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, also known as Austrian Galicia or colloquially Austrian Poland, was a constituent possession of the Habsburg monarchy in the historical region of Galicia (Eastern Europe), Galicia in Eastern Europe. The Cr ...

, which were captured from

Austria-Hungary Austria-Hungary, also referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Dual Monarchy or the Habsburg Monarchy, was a multi-national constitutional monarchy in Central Europe#Before World War I, Central Europe between 1867 and 1918. A military ...

during

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. The administration was established after the Russian victory in the Battle of Galicia, led by the commander-in-chief Nikolai Ivanov in the late summer of 1914. It did not last long, and by mid-1915, the Russians retreated after the Gorlice–Tarnów offensive led by the

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overall commander August von Mackensen. During the later stages of the war, Russian forces tried to reclaim the territory during the Brusilov and the Kerensky offensives. Although it ''de facto'' ceased 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 F ...

in 1915, it was not formally abolished until 1917.

Military governors and krai commissars

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

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Administrative divisions

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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