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Kovno Governorate[a] 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:[1]
County | County Seat | Area (km2) | Population in 1897 | Population in 1914 |
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Kovensky Uyezd | Kovno | 4,029 | 227,500 | 301,800 |
Novoalexandrovsky Uyezd | Novoaleksandrovsk | 5,437 | 208,500 | 242,300 |
Ponevezhsky Uyezd | Ponevezh | 6,215 | 222,900 | 259,700 |
Rossiyensky Uyezd | Rossiyeny | 6,485 | 235,400 | 279,200 |
Shavelsky Uyezd | Shavli | 6,922 | 238,000 | 294,500 |
Telshevsky Uyezd | Telshi | 5,306 | 183,400 | 216,000 |
Vilkomirsky Uyezd | Vilkomir | 5,866 | 229,100 | 263,600 |
Total | 40,260 | 1,544,600 | 1,857,100 |
Notes
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- Russian: Ко́венская губе́рния, pre-1918: Ко́венская губе́рнія, romanized: Kóvenskaya gubérniya
- Lithuanian: Kauno gubernija
References
Further reading
- William Henry Beable (1919), "Governments or Provinces of the Former Russian Empire: Kovno", Russian Gazetteer and Guide, London: Russian Outlook – via Open Library
- Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
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