Kaunas Governorate
| Kovno Governorate Ковенская губеpния Kovenskaja gubernija |
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| Capital | Kaunas | ||||
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| • | Order of tzar Nicholas I of 18 December 1842 | 1 July 1843 1843 | |||
| • | World War I | 1915 | |||
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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:
Coordinates: 54°54′00″N 23°56′00″E / 54.9000°N 23.9333°E
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