- Vilna Governorate
Infobox Former Subdivision
native_name = Виленская губерния
Vilenskaya guberniya
conventional_long_name = Vilna Governorate
common_name = Vilna
subdivision = Governorate
nation = theRussian Empire
year_start = 1795
event_start = Third Partition of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
date_start =
event_end =World War I
date_end =
year_end = 1915
event1 =
event1_date =
p1 = Vilnius Voivodeship
image_p1 =
s1 = Ober Ost
flag_s1 = Flag of the German Empire.svg
image_map_caption = Vilna Governorate (light green), 1843-1915
capital = Vilnius
political_subdiv =The Vilnа Governorate (1801-1840 often named Lithuania-Vilna Governorate) ( _ru. Виленская губерния, "Vilenskaya guberniya", _lt. Vilniaus gubernija) or Government of Vilna was a governorate ("
guberniya ") of theRussian Empire created after the Third Partition of thePolish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1795. It was attached to theNorthwestern Krai . The seat was in Vilna (Vilnius ).Name and territorial changes
The first governorates, Vilna Governorate (consisting of eleven
uyezd s or districts) andSlonim Governorate , were established after the third partition of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Just a year later, onDecember 12 1796 , by order of Tsar Paul I they were merged into one governorate, calledLithuania Governorate , with its capital in Vilnius.lt icon cite book |last=Kulakauskas |first=Antanas |title=Gimtoji istorija. Nuo 7 iki 12 klasės |url=http://mkp.emokykla.lt/gimtoji/ |accessdate=2008-01-01 |edition= |year=2002 |publisher=Elektroninės leidybos namai |location=Vilnius |isbn=9986-9216-9-4 |chapter=Administracinės reformos |chapterurl=http://mkp.emokykla.lt/gimtoji/?id=911] By order of Tsar Alexander I onSeptember 9 1801 Lithuania Governorate was split into the Lithuania-Vilna Governorate and theLithuania-Grodno Governorate . After thirty nine years, the word "Lithuania" was dropped from the two names by Nicholas I. [ru icon cite encyclopedia| article = Литовская губерния | encyclopedia =Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary |date=1890-1906 | url=http://gatchina3000.ru/brockhaus-and-efron-encyclopedic-dictionary/061/61134.htm] In 1843 another administrative reform took place, creatingKovno Governorate out of seven western districts of the Vilna Governorate, including all ofSamogitia . Vilna Governorate received three additional districts:Vileyka andDzisna fromMinsk Governorate andLida fromGrodno Governorate .cite encyclopedia | editor=Simas Sužiedėlis | encyclopedia=Encyclopedia Lituanica | title=Administration | year=1970-1978 | publisher=Juozas Kapočius | volume=I | location=Boston, Massachusetts | id=LCC|74-114275 | pages=17-21] This arrangement remained unchanged untilWorld War I . A part of it was then included in theWilna Administrative Area ofOber-Ost , formed by the occupyingGerman Empire .In 1834 the governorate had about 789,000 inhabitants; in 1897 the number grew to about 1,591,000. [lt icon cite book | last=Vaitiekūnas | first=Stasys | title=Lietuvos gyventojai: Per du tūkstantmečius | year=2006 | publisher=Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidybos institutas | location=Vilnius | isbn=5-420-01585-4 | pages=79, 92]
ubdivisions
Ethnic composition
Russian authorities periodically performed censuses. However, they reported strikingly different numbers: [de icon cite book |url=http://w210.ub.uni-tuebingen.de/dbt/volltexte/2005/2154/pdf/Dissertation_Christina-Nikolajew.pdf |first=Christina Juditha |last=Nikolajew |title=Zum Zusammenhang zwischen nationaler Identitätsbildung und Katholischer Kirche in Litauen |pages=16 |year=2005 |publisher=Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen]
ee also
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Ethnic history of the Vilnius region
*History of Vilnius
*Poland’s Wilno Voivodeship
*Byelorussia’sVileyka Voblast References
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