Pskov Viceroyalty () was an administrative-territorial unit ('' namestnichestvo'') of the

Russian Empire The Russian Empire was an empire that spanned most of northern Eurasia from its establishment in November 1721 until the proclamation of the Russian Republic in September 1917. At its height in the late 19th century, it covered about , roughl ...

, which existed in 1777–1796. The seat of the Viceroyalty was located in

Pskov Pskov ( rus, Псков, a=Ru-Псков.oga, p=psˈkof; see also Names of Pskov in different languages, names in other languages) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city in northwestern Russia and the administrative center of Pskov O ...

. Both the predecessor and the successor of the viceroyalty was

Pskov Governorate Pskov Governorate () was an administrative-territorial unit (''guberniya'') of the Russian Empire and the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR, which existed in 1772–1777 and 1796–1927. Its seat was located in Opochka b ...

. In terms of modern administrative division of

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, the area of the viceroyalty is currently split between

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, and

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History

with the seat in the town of Opochka was established in 1772 to accommodate vast areas transferred to the Russian Empire as the result of the

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. The governorate was too big for practical governance, and in 1776, it was divided into Pskov (with the seat in Pskov) and Polotsk Governorates. According to the general line of the administrative reforms by

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, on 23 August 1777 the governorate was transformed into viceroyalty. Simultaneously, Luga (newly founded), Kholm, and Novorzhev (formerly Arshansky Stan) obtained the town status, and Izborsk, though retained the town status, ceased to be the center of an uyezd. The vice-royalty was subdivided into ten

uyezd An uezd (also spelled uyezd or uiezd; rus, уе́зд ( pre-1918: уѣздъ), p=ʊˈjest), or povit in a Ukrainian context () was a type of administrative subdivision of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, the Tsardom of Russia, the Russian Empire, the R ...

s, * Pskovsky Uyezd (with the administrative center located in

); * Gdovsky Uyezd ( Gdov); * Kholmsky Uyezd ( Kholm); * Luzhsky Uyezd ( Luga); * Novorzhevsky Uyezd ( Novorzhev); * Opochetsky Uyezd ( Opochka); * Ostrovsky Uyezd ( Ostrov); * Porkhovsky Uyezd ( Porkhov); *

Toropetsky Uyezd Toropetsky Uyezd (''Торо́пецкий уе́зд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Pskov Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the southeastern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Toropets. Demographics ...

(

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); * Velikoluksky Uyezd (

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). On 11 November 1777 Gdovsky and Luzhsky Uyezds were transferred to

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, and on 7 June 1782 Pechorsky Uyezd, with the administrative center in Pechory, was established by splitting Pskovsky Uyezd. In 1796, Paul I performed a new administrative reform. Kholmsky, Novorzhevsky, and Pechorsky Uyezds were abolished, and the viceroyalty was transformed into

in the same borders.

Governors

The administration of the viceroyalty was performed by a ''

namestnik 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 ...

'' (vice-roy) and controlled by a governor general. The governors of Pskov Viceroyalty were * 1777 Khristophor Romanovich Nolken; * 1778-1781 Pavel Dmitriyevich Mansurov; * 1781-1785 Alexey Nikitovich Kozhin; * 1785-1788 Ivan Alfyorovich Pol; * 1788-1796 Khariton Lukich Zuyev. The namestniks were * 1778-1781 Yakov Yefimovich Sivers (Jacob Sievers); * 1792-1793 Ivan Andreyevich (Otto Heinrich) Igelstrom; * 1793-1795 Grigory Mikhaylovich Osipov.

References

{{Reflist States and territories established in 1776 1796 disestablishments 18th century in the Russian Empire Viceroyalties of the Russian Empire