Caucasus Governorate
| Caucasus Governorate Кавказская губерния | |
|---|---|
| Governorate of the Russian Empire | |
| 1802–1822 | |
Coat of arms
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| Capital | Georgiyevsk |
| History | |
• Established | 1802 |
• Disestablished | 1822 |
| Political subdivisions | five uyezds |
Caucasus Governorate (Russian: Кавказская губерния, romanized: Kavkazskaya guberniya) was an administrative division (guberniya) of the Russian Empire, which existed from 1802 until 1822. Its seat was located in Georgiyevsk. The governorate was located in the south of the European part of the Russian Empire. In 1822, the governorate was abolished and transformed into Caucasus Oblast, with the administrative center in Stavropol. In terms of modern administrative divisions of Russia, the area of Caucasus Governorate is currently split between Stavropol and Krasnodar Krais, Rostov Oblast, and the Republics of Kabardino-Balkaria, North Ossetia–Alania, Ingushetia, Chechnya, Dagestan, and Kalmykia, with the major part of it being located in Stavropol Krai.