Caucasus Viceroyalty (1785–1796)
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Caucasus Viceroyalty Кавказское наместничество | |||||||||||
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Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire | |||||||||||
1785–1796 | |||||||||||
Capital | Yekaterinograd | ||||||||||
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• Type | Viceroyalty | ||||||||||
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• Established | 1785 | ||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1796 | ||||||||||
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The Caucasus Viceroyalty (Russian: Кавказское наместничество) was established in 1785 by Catherine the Great by transforming Astrakhan Governorate and adding some lands from Taurida Oblast. It was abolished by Paul I in 1796.
Viceroys[]
The five viceroys or heads of the viceroyalty were:
time | name | life span |
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1785–1787 | Pavel Potemkin | 1743–1796 |
1787–1788 | ?−1793 | |
1788–1788 | Ivan Petrovich Saltykov | 1730–1805 |
1788–1790 | 1741–1790 | |
1790–1796, 1796–1798, 1806–1809 |
1732–1820 |
Categories:
- States and territories established in 1785
- States and territories disestablished in 1796
- History of the Caucasus under the Russian Empire
- Viceroyalties of the Russian Empire
- History of the North Caucasus
- 1780s in the Russian Empire
- 1790s in the Russian Empire
- 18th century in Georgia (country)
- 1785 establishments in the Russian Empire
- 1796 disestablishments in the Russian Empire
- 1785 establishments in Asia
- 1796 disestablishments in Asia
- 1785 establishments in Europe
- 1796 disestablishments in Europe