Malorossiya Governorate

Infobox Former Subdivision
native_name = Малороссiйская губернiя
conventional_long_name = Malorossiya Governorate
common_name = Malorossiya
subdivision = Governorate
nation = Russian Empire
year_start = 1796
date_start = December 12
year_end = 1802
date_end = February 27
p1 = Kiev Viceroyalty
p2 = Novgorod Seversky Viceroyalty
p3 = Chernigov Viceroyalty
s1 = Chernigov Governorate
s2 = Poltava Governorate
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capital = Chernigov
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The Little Russia Governorate ( _ru. Малороссiйская Губернiя) or Government of Malorossiya was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of the Russian Empire that encompassed most of the modern North Eastern Ukraine (one of the historical definitions of Little Russia hence the name), and the adjacent regions in Russia.

The Governorate was formed in 1796 under Paul I administrative refroms that abolished the Namestnichestvo (viceroyalty) system, which in turn replaced the regimental administration of the Ukrainian Hetmanate in 1781. This placed the Kiev Viceroyalty (excluding the city of Kiev itself), Novgorod-Seversky Viceroyalty and Chernigov Viceroyalty under the new unit. The administrative centre was the city of Chernigov (modern Chernihiv).

However the extensive area which the new unit covered was too great for effective administration, and in February 1802 the Governorate was split into Chernigov Governorate and Poltava Governorate.

External links

* [http://whp057.narod.ru/cherni.htm whp]