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Governorate in Northwestern, Russian Empire
Kovno Governorate
Governorate
Coat of arms of Kovno GovernorateCoat of arms
Location in the Russian EmpireLocation in the Russian Empire
CountryRussian Empire
KraiNorthwestern
Established1843
Abolished1918
CapitalKovno
Area
 • Total40,641.36 km (15,691.72 sq mi)
Population
 • Total1,544,564
 • Density38/km (98/sq mi)

Kovno Governorate was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of the Russian Empire, with its capital in Kovno (Kaunas). It was formed on 18 December 1842 by Tsar Nicholas I from the western part of Vilna Governorate, and the order was carried out on 1 July 1843. It was part of the Vilna Governorate-General and Northwestern Krai. The governorate included almost the entire Lithuanian region of Samogitia and the northern part of Aukštaitija.

Counties

The governorate was divided into seven uyezds:

County County Seat Area (km) Population in 1897 Population in 1914
1897
Kovensky Uyezd Kovno 70.920 4,029 227,431 301,800
Novoalexandrovsky Uyezd Novoaleksandrovsk 6.359 5,437 208,487 242,300
Ponevezhsky Uyezd Ponevezh 12.968 6,215 222,881 259,700
Rossiyensky Uyezd Rossiyeny 7.455 6,485 235,362 279,200
Shavelsky Uyezd Shavli 16.128 6,922 237,934 294,500
Telshevsky Uyezd Telshi 6.205 5,306 183,351 216,000
Vilkomirsky Uyezd Vilkomir 13.532 5,866 229,188 263,600
Total 40,260 1,544,564 1,857,100

Notes

References

  1. Vaitiekūnas, Stasys (2006). Lietuvos gyventojai: Per du tūkstantmečius (in Lithuanian). Vilnius: Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidybos institutas. pp. 86, 121. ISBN 5-420-01585-4.
  2. "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". www.demoscope.ru. Retrieved 10 October 2024.

Further reading

Russian Empire Western Krai Governorates of the Russian Empire 1795–1912
Northwestern Krai
Southwestern Krai
Subdivisions of the Russian Empire
Governorates
(List)
Oblasts
Oblasts of Stepnoy Krai
Oblasts of Turkestan Krai
Caucasus Viceroyalty
Baltic Governorates³
Governorates of Finland
Governorates of Poland
Governorates of
Galicia and Bukovina
Dependencies
¹ Italics indicates renamed or abolished governorates, oblasts, etc on 1 January 1914.
² An asterisk (+) indicates governorates formed or created with renaming after 1 January 1914.
³ Ostsee or Baltic general-governorship was abolished in 1876.

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