Mogilev Governorate
The Mogilev Governorate (Russian: Могилёвская губерния, romanized: Mogilyovskaya gubernya) or the Government of Mogilev was a governorate (guberniya) of the Russian Empire in the territory of present-day Belarus. Its capital was Mogilev, also referred to as Mogilev-on-the-Dnieper, or Mogilev Gubernskiy.[2]
| Mogilev Governorate Могилёвская губерния Магілёўская губерня | |||||||||
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| Governorate of Russian Empire (1802–1917), Belarusian Democratic Republic, and RSFSR (1919) | |||||||||
| 1802–1919 | |||||||||
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.svg.png.webp) Mogilev Governorate within the Russian Empire | |||||||||
| Capital | Mogilev | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
• | 47,951 km2 (18,514 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
| 1,686,764 | |||||||||
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| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1802 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1919 | ||||||||
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The area of the governorate was inhabited in the 10th century by the Slav tribes of the Krivichi and Radimichi. In the 14th century, the land became part of Lithuania, and later Poland.[2] 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, the 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.[3]
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References
- "Первая всеобщая перепись населения Российской Империи 1897 г." [The first general census of the population of the Russian Empire in 1897]. Demoscope Weekly (in Russian).
- Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
- "Page Not Found - Belarus SIG - JewishGen.org". www.jewishgen.org. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
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