Kiev Viceroyalty () was an administrative-territorial unit (''

namestnichestvo A viceroy () is an official who reigns over a polity in the name of and as the representative of the monarch of the territory. The term derives from the Latin prefix ''vice-'', meaning "in the place of" and the Anglo-Norman ''roy'' (Old Frenc ...

'') of the Russian Empire, which existed in 1781–1796. It was created in the process of Catherine's reforms initiated by edict of November 7, 1775.

Description

On September 16, 1781, an edict was issued to transform the governorate into a viceroyalty,Сергей Тархов, "Изменение административно-территориального деления России в XIII-XX в."
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сс. 65–101, (Ivan Fundukley. ''Statistical Description of Kiev Governorate''. St. Petersburg, 1852)Справка: Административно-территориальное деление России XVIII-XX веков
''Отечественные записки'', № 6 (7) (2002) with the effective date of January 9, 1782. The viceroyalty was subdivided into the following ''counties'' (

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s): *

Kiev Kyiv, also Kiev, is the capital and most populous List of cities in Ukraine, city of Ukraine. Located in the north-central part of the country, it straddles both sides of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2022, its population was 2, ...

* Gorodishche * Goltva * Khorol *

Kozelets Kozelets (, ) is a rural settlement in Chernihiv Raion, Chernihiv Oblast, northern Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Kozelets settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Kozelets is located on the Oster River, a tributary of the Dn ...

Lubny Lubny (, ) is a city in Poltava Oblast, central Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Lubny Raion. It also hosts the administration of , one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: History Lubny is reputed to be one of the oldes ...

* Mirgorod *

Ostyor The Ostyor (), or Ascior official transliteration () is a river in Pochinkovsky, Roslavlsky, and Shumyachsky Districts of Smolensk Oblast in Russia and in Klimavichy and Krychaw Districts of Mogilev Region of Belarus. It is a left tributary ...

* Pereyaslavl * Piryatin *

Zolotonosha Zolotonosha (, ) is a city located in Cherkasy Oblast (region) in central Ukraine. Located at around , the city serves as the administrative center of Zolotonosha Raion (district). It hosts the administration of Zolotonosha urban hromada, one ...

Note that some sources state that the towns of Khorol and Gorodishche were included without their districts. In 1789, Gorodishche county was transferred to the

Yekaterinoslav Governorate Yekaterinoslav Governorate} was an administrative-territorial unit (''guberniya'') of the Russian Empire, with its capital in Yekaterinoslav. Covering an area of , and being composed of a inhabitant of 2,113,674 by the census of 1897, it bordere ...

. In 1791, the Kiev Viceroyalty was subdivided into ten okrugs, and in early 1790s additional districts ''(

s)'' of

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, Gadyach,

Kaniv Kaniv (, ) is a city in Cherkasy Raion, Cherkasy Oblast, central Ukraine. The city rests on the Dnieper River, and is one of the main inland river ports on the Dnieper. It is an urban hromada of Ukraine. Population: Kaniv is a historical tow ...

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, Korsun, and

Lokhvytsia Lokhvytsia (, ) is a city in Myrhorod Raion, Poltava Oblast, central Ukraine. It is located on the banks of the . Lokhvytsia hosts the administration of Lokhvytsia urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: Name In addition ...

were added.Гербы украинских земель в составе Российской империи
/ref> On June 4, 1782, the coat of arms of Kiev was officially approved, which ''de facto'' became a coat of arms of the viceroyalty. According to the description,

Archangel Michael Michael, also called Saint Michael the Archangel, Archangel Michael and Saint Michael the Taxiarch is an archangel and the warrior of God in Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. The earliest surviving mentions of his name are in third- and second ...

was to be dressed in silver holding up an aglow sword, depicted on an azure shield.ПСЗ, т. XXI, №15423, cited throug
Гербы украинских земель в составе Российской империи
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Governors

Governor-generals (viceroys)

* 1782–1796 – Petr Rumyantsev ** 1791–1793 –

Mikhail Krechetnikov Michael N. Krechetnikov (, 1729, Moscow Moscow is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, standing on the Moskva (river), Moskva River in Central Russia. It has a population e ...

, ''(acting)'' ** 1793–1794 – Osip Igelstrom, ''(acting)''

Viceroyalty governors

* 1782–1795 – Semen Shirkov * 1796 – 17.06.1797 Vasiliy Krasno-Milashevich

References

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