Kovno Governorate
Governorate
Coat of arms of Kovno Governorate
Coat of arms
Location in the Russian Empire
Location in the Russian Empire
CountryRussian Empire
KraiNorthwestern
Established1843
Abolished1918
CapitalKovno
Area
 • Total40,641.36 km2 (15,691.72 sq mi)
Population
 (1897)
 • Total1,638,374
 • Density40/km2 (100/sq mi)

Kovno Governorate[lower-alpha 1] was a governorate (guberniya) of the Russian Empire. Its capital was Kaunas (Kovno in Russian). It was formed on 18 December 1842 by Tsar Nicholas I from the western part of Vilna Governorate, and the order was carried out on 1 July 1843. It was part of the Vilna Governorate-General and Northwestern Krai. The governorate included almost the entire Lithuanian region of Samogitia and the northern part of Aukštaitija.

Counties

The governorate was divided into seven uyezds:[1]

CountyCounty SeatArea (km2)Population in 1897Population in 1914
Kovensky UyezdKovno4,029227,500301,800
Novoalexandrovsky UyezdNovoaleksandrovsk5,437208,500242,300
Ponevezhsky UyezdPonevezh6,215222,900259,700
Rossiyensky UyezdRossiyeny6,485235,400279,200
Shavelsky UyezdShavli6,922238,000294,500
Telshevsky UyezdTelshi5,306183,400216,000
Vilkomirsky UyezdVilkomir5,866229,100263,600
Total40,2601,544,6001,857,100

Notes

  1. ↑

References

  1. ↑ Vaitiekūnas, Stasys (2006). Lietuvos gyventojai: Per du tūkstantmečius (in Lithuanian). Vilnius: Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidybos institutas. pp. 86, 121. ISBN 5-420-01585-4.

Further reading

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