- Mogilev Governorate
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Mogilev Governorate (English)
Могилевская губернiя (Pre-1918 Russian)
Магілёўская губерня (Belarusian)
Gubernia mohylewska (Polish)
Belarusian Governorates in 1882 mapsCoat of Arms Established 1772 Abolished 1919 Political status
RegionGovernorate
European RussiaArea Area
- Rank42,134.6 verst²
n/aPopulation (1897 census) Population
- Rank
- Density
- Urban
- Rural1,686,764 inhabitants
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40 inhab. / verst²
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n/aThe 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.
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 Polotsk Governorates were united and formed Belorussian Governorate. 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 Western District (from 1918 known as Western Komuna). In 1918, it was joined by Smolensk Governorate and in October 1919, Mogilev Governorate was reformed into Gomel Governorate. [1]
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² An asterisk (*) indicates governorates formed or created with renaming after 1 January 1914.
³ Ostsee or Baltic general-governorship was abolished in 1876.Categories:- Governorates of the Russian Empire
- States and territories established in 1772
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