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A governorate, gubernia, province, or government , was a major and principal administrative subdivision of the Russian Empire. After the empire was ended by revolution, they remained as subdivisions in Belarus, the Russian republic, Ukraine, and in the Soviet Union from its formation until 1929. The term is … See more
This subdivision type was created by the edict (ukase) of Peter the Great on December 18, 1708 "On the establishment of the gubernias and cities assigned to them", which divided Russia into eight governorates See more
The Russian Empire had colonized much of the territory inhabited by Ukrainians by the early nineteenth century, which was organized into nine Ukrainian governorates: See more
There is another archaic meaning of the word as the word denoted a type of estate in former Lithuania of the Russian Empire till 1917. See more
After the February Revolution, the Russian Provisional Government renamed governors into governorate commissars. The October Revolution left the subdivision in place, but the … See more
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