Little Russia Governorate may refer to:

1764–1781

The First

Little Russia Little Russia, also known as Lesser Russia, Malorussia, or Little Rus', is a geographical and historical term used to describe Ukraine. At the beginning of the 14th century, the patriarch of Constantinople accepted the distinction between wha ...

Governorate or Malorossiya Governorate, was an administrative-territorial unit ('' guberniya'') of the

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, which existed in 1764–1781. It was created after the abolition of

Cossack Hetmanate The Cossack Hetmanate (; Cossack Hetmanate#Name, see other names), officially the Zaporozhian Host (; ), was a Ukrainian Cossacks, Cossack state. Its territory was located mostly in central Ukraine, as well as in parts of Belarus and southwest ...

and was governed by

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. With another administrative reform of 1781 the governorate and its subdivisions (regiments) were liquidated and replaced with vice-royalties divided into counties ( uezds).

Subdivisions

The governorate was divided into 10 regiments (polk) which were equivalent to counties (uezd). * (1663–1782) * * *

Nizhyn Regiment The Nizhyn Regiment () was one of ten territorial-administrative subdivisions of the Cossack Hetmanate. The regiment's capital was the city of Nizhyn, now in Chernihiv Oblast of central Ukraine. Other major cities of the regiment were Hlukhiv and ...

* Chernihiv Regiment * Pryluky Regiment *

Lubny Regiment The Lubny Regiment () was one of ten territorial-administrative subdivisions of the Cossack Hetmanate. The regiment's capital was the city of Lubny, now in Poltava Oblast of central Ukraine. Other major cities of the regiment were Pyriatyn, Hlynsk ...

* Myrhorod Regiment * Hadiach Regiment * Poltava Regiment

Coat of arms

Until 1767 the coat of arms for the governorate was Cossack with musket when it was replaced with the Russian double headed eagle.

1796–1802

Little Russia Governorate or Malorossiya Governorate was an administrative-territorial unit ('' guberniya'') of the

that encompassed most of modern-day northeastern

Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the nor ...

, then given the historical designation of

, and adjacent regions in Russia. The Governorate was formed in 1796 under the administrative reforms of Paul I which abolished the viceroyalty ('' namestnichestvo'') system, which in turn replaced the regimental administration of the

in 1781. This placed the Kiev Viceroyalty (excluding the city of

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, ...

itself), Novgorod-Seversky Viceroyalty and Chernigov Viceroyalty under the new unit. The administrative centre was the city of Chernigov (

Chernihiv Chernihiv (, ; , ) is a city and municipality in northern Ukraine, which serves as the administrative center of Chernihiv Oblast and Chernihiv Raion within the oblast. Chernihiv's population is The city was designated as a Hero City of Ukraine ...

). However, the extensive area which the new unit covered was too great for effective administration, and in February 1802 the Governorate was split into

Chernigov Governorate Chernigov Governorate was an administrative-territorial unit (''guberniya'') of the Russian Empire. It was officially created in 1802 from the disbanded Little Russia Governorate (1796-1802), Little Russia Governorate and had its capital in Cher ...

and

Poltava Governorate Poltava Governorate was an administrative-territorial unit (''guberniya'') of the Russian Empire. It was officially created in 1802 from the disbanded Little Russia Governorate (1796–1802), Little Russia Governorate and had its capital in Polt ...

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References

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