Kovno Governorate

Infobox Former Subdivision
native_name = Ковенская губеpния
Kovenskaja Gubernija
conventional_long_name = Kovno Governorate
common_name = Kovno
subdivision = Governorate
nation = the Russian Empire
year_start = 1843
event_start = Order of tzar Nicholas I of 18 December 1842
date_start = 1 July 1843
event_end = World War I
date_end =
year_end = 1915
event1 =
event1_date =
p1 = Vilna Governorate
image_p1 =
s1 = Ober Ost
flag_s1 = Flag of the German Empire.svg

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image_map_caption = Kovno Governorate (light red), 1843-1915
capital = Kaunas
political_subdiv =The Kovno Governorate ( _ru. Ковенская губеpния or "Kovenskaja Gubernija"; _lt. Kauno gubernija) or Government of Kovno was a governorate ("guberniya") of the Russian Empire. Its capital was Kovno (Kaunas). It was formed on 18 December 1842 by tsar Nicholas I from the western part of the Vilna Governorate, and the order was carried out on 1 July 1843. It used to be a part of Northwestern Krai. The governorate included almost entire Lithuanian region of Samogitia and northern Aukštaitija.

The governorate was divided into seven uyezds: [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=86, 121 ]

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