Grodno Governorate

Infobox Former Subdivision
native_name = Гро́дненская губе́рнiя
conventional_long_name = Grodno Governorate
common_name = Grodno
subdivision = Governorate
nation = the Russian 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 = Podlaskie Voivodeship (1513–1795)
image_p1 =
p2 = Trakai Voivodeship
image_p2 =
s1 = Bialystok-Grodno District
flag_s1 = Flag of the German Empire.svg

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image_map_caption = Grodno Governorate
capital = Grodno
political_subdiv =

The Grodno Governorate, ( _ru. "Гродненская губернiя", _pl. gubernia grodzieńska, _lt. Gardino gubernija) was a governorate ("guberniya") of the Russian Empire.

Administrative Divisions

The seat was in Hrodna. It divided into 9 Uyezds (Provinces):
*Grodno Province - ( _ru. "Гродно")
*Belоstok Province - ( _be. "Белостокъ")
*Bielsk Province - ( _ru. "Бельскъ")
*Brest Litovsk Province - ( _ru. "Брестъ-Литовскiй")
*Kobryn Province - ( _ru. "Кобринъ")
*Pruzhany Province — ( _ru. "Пружаны")
*Sokolka Province - ( _ru. "Соколька")
*Slonim Province — ( _ru. "Cлонимъ")
*Volkovyvsk Province - ( _ru. "Волкавывскъ")

History

Slonim Governorate - 1795-1796

The governorate was formed in 1796, in the aftermath of the final partition of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, and originally known as Slonim Governorate, but that only existed until December 12, 1796, when Paul I merged it with Vilna Governorate to form Lithuania Governorate.

Lithuania Governorate - 1796-1801

see article Lithuania Governorate

Lithuania-Grodno Governorate - 1801-1843

After Paul's death, Alexander I reversed the administrative changes introduced by his predecessor. Lithuanian Governorate was abolished and divided back into Lithuania-Vilna Governorate and Lithuania-Grodno Governorates on September 9, 1801. The Lithuania-Grodno Governorate was restored within the borders of 1796 Slonim Governorate.

Grodno Governorate - 1843-1870

In 1843 name "Lithuania" was dropped. It was also known as the Government of Grodno.

In 1842 the Belostok Oblast was incorporated into it.

Grodno Governorate - 1870-1912

From 1870 - 1912, the Grodno Governorate along with the Vilna Governorate and the Kovno Governorate were constituted as the Governor-General of Lithuania with its seat in Vilna.

1912-1915

1915-1917

The Grodno Governorate was occupied by Germany in 1915 during World War I.

Governors

*Mikhail Nikolayevich Muravyov-Vilensky (1830-1831)

External links

* [http://www.jewishgen.org/belarus/grodno1.htm Grodno Gubernia]