Podolia Governorate

Podolia Governorate

Infobox Russian governorate
EnglishName=Podolia Governorate
LocalName1=Подільська губернія
LocalLangName1=Ukrainian
RussianName=Подольская губерния
AdmCtrName=Kamenets-Podolskiy

Gubernia of Podolia, around 1900
FoundationDate=1793
AbolishmentDate=1917
PoliticalStatus=Governorate
PoliticalStatusLink=Governorates of Russian Empire
Area=42000|

The Podolia Governorate or Government of Podolia was a governorate ("guberniya") of the Russian Empire from 1793 – 1917. It was created after the Second Partition of Poland. It was situated at the southwestern border of the empire, bordering Austria-Hungary, and had an area of about 42,000 km². The administrative centre was Kamenets-Podolskiy.

Podolia Governorate was one of the three governorates of the Southwestern Krai.

ee also

*Podolia


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