Kovno Governorate

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.

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)

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

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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