Mogilev Governorate

Mogilev Governorate
Mogilev Governorate
	Coat of arms
	Belarusian Governorates in 1882 maps
Country	Russia
Political status	Governorate
Region	European Russia
Established	1772
Abolished	1919
Area
• Total	47,951 km2 (18,514 sq mi)
Population (1897)
• Total	1,686,764
• Density	35/km2 (91/sq mi)

The Mogilev Governorate (Mogilevskaya Gubernya) or Government of Mogilev was a governorate (guberniya) of the Russian Empire in the territory of the present day Belarus. Its capital was in Mogilev, referred to as Mogilev-on-the-Dnieper, or Mogilev Gubernskiy.^[1]

The area of the governorate was inhabited in the 10th century by the Slav tribes of the Krivichi and Radimichi. In the 14th century, the land became part of Lithuania, and later Poland.^[1] The governorate was formed in 1772, in the aftermath of the First partition of Poland, from parts of the voivodeships of Witebsk, Mścisław, Połock and Inflanty. Parts of these territories were also used to form the Pskov Governorate. In 1796, Mogilev and Governorates were united and formed . In 1802, Belorussian Governorate was divided into Vitebsk Governorate and Mogilev Governorate. In 1917, Vitebsk, Mogilev and parts of Minsk Governorate and Vilna Governorate were united into the (from 1918 known as ). In 1918, it was joined by Smolensk Governorate and in October 1919, Mogilev Governorate was reformed into Gomel Governorate.^[2]

Subdivisions[]

References[]

^ ^a ^b Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Mogilev" . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
^ http://www.jewishgen.org/Belarus/grodno/distcent.htm

External links[]

Maps and lists of settlements of Mogilev Governorate

Coordinates: 53°55′00″N 30°21′00″E / 53.9167°N 30.3500°E / 53.9167; 30.3500

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[eb11-1] Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Mogilev" . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

[2] ttp://www.jewishgen.org/Belarus/grodno/distcent.htm

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Baltic Governorates³	Courland Livonia Reval Riga Estonia
Governorates of Finland	Abo-Byorneborg Vaza Vyborg Kuopio Nyuland Sankt-Mikhel Tavastgus Uleaborg
Governorates of Poland	Avgustov Varshava Kalish Keltsy Krakov Lomzha Lyublin Mazovia Petrokov Plotsk Podlyashye Radom Sandomir Sedlets Suvalki
Governorates of Galicia and Bukovina
Dependencies	Bukey Horde Emirate of Bukhara Khanate of Kokand Russian America Uryankhay Krai Khanate of Khiva
¹ Italics indicates renamed or abolished governorates, oblasts, etc on 1 January 1914. ² An asterisk (*) indicates governorates formed or created with renaming after 1 January 1914. ³ Ostsee or Baltic general-governorship was abolished in 1876.