Kovno Governorate

Kovno Governorate Ковенская губеpния Kovenskaja gubernija
Governorate of the Russian Empire
← 20px 1843–1915 →
Coat of arms
Kovno Governorate (light red), 1843-1915
Capital		Kaunas
History
•	Order of tzar Nicholas I of 18 December 1842	1 July 1843 1843
•	World War I	1915

Kovno Governorate (Russian: Ковенская губеpния or Kovenskaja gubernija; Lithuanian: Kauno gubernija) or Government of Kaunas 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. The Tsarist government had once considered it a part of Northwestern Krai. The governorate included almost the entire Lithuanian region of Žemaitija and the northern part of Aukštaitija.

The governorate was divided into seven uyezds:

Uyezd	Area (km²)	Population in 1897	Population in 1914
Kaunas	4,029	227,500	301,800
Vilkmergė	5,866	229,100	263,600
Zarasai	5,437	208,500	242,300
Panevėžys	6,215	222,900	259,700
Raseiniai	6,485	235,400	279,200
Telšiai	5,306	183,400	216,000
Šiauliai	6,922	238,000	294,500
Total	40,260	1,544,600	1,857,100

Further reading

• William Henry Beable (1919), "Governments or Provinces of the Former Russian Empire: Kovno", Russian Gazetteer and Guide, London: Russian Outlook – via Open Library
•  Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). [https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikisource.org%2Fwiki%2F1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica%2FKovno_%28government%29 "Kovno (government)" ] . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.