Kiev Viceroyalty

Kiev Viceroyalty (Russian: Киевское наместничество, romanized: Kiyevskoye namestnichestvo) was an administative-territorial unit (namestnichestvo) of the Russian Empire, which existed in 1781–1796. It was created in the process of Catherine's reforms initiated by edict of November 7, 1775.

Kiev Viceroyalty
Киевское наместничество
Viceroyalty of Russian Empire
1781–1796

Kiev Viceroyalty map from 1792
CapitalKiev
History 
 Established
November 7 1781
 Disestablished
November 30 1796
Political subdivisionsuyezds: 11
okrugs: 10 (from 1791)
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Kiev Governorate (1708–1764)
Little Russia Governorate (1764–1781)
Kiev Governorate
Little Russia Governorate (1796–1802)
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