Kovno Governorate

Kovno Governorate Ковенская губеpния Kovenskaja gubernija
Governorate of the Russian Empire
← 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:^[1]

Uyezd	Area (km²)	Population in 1897	Population in 1914
Kaunas	4,029	227,500	301,800
VilkmergÄ—	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
Å iauliai	6,922	238,000	294,500
Total	40,260	1,544,600	1,857,100

References

1. VaitiekÅ«nas, Stasys (2006). Lietuvos gyventojai: Per du tÅ«kstantmečius (in Lithuanian). Vilnius: Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidybos institutas. pp. 86, 121. ISBN 5-420-01585-4.

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). "Kovno (government)". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

Coordinates: 54°54′00″N 23°56′00″E / 54.9000°N 23.9333°E