Kraków Governorate
Kraków Governorate was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of Congress Poland of the Russian Empire.
| Kraków Governorate Краковская губерния | |||||||||
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| Governorate of Congress Poland | |||||||||
| 1837–1844 | |||||||||
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| Capital | Kielce | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 7 March 1837 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1 January 1844 | ||||||||
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Kraków Governorate was created from the Kraków Voivodeship by the Tsar's Decree in 7 March 1837. In 1842, it was renamed Kielce Governorate, and then, with the introduction of a new administrative division in Congress Poland in 1 January 1844, Kielce Governorate was merged with Sandomierz Governorate and received the name Radom Governorate.
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