Kiev Viceroyalty ( Russian : Киевское наместничество , romanized : Kiyevskoye namestnichestvo ) was an administrative-territorial unit ( namestnichestvo ) of the Russian Empire, which existed in 1781–1796. It was created in the process of Catherine's reforms initiated by edict of November 7, 1775.
5-491: On September 16, 1781, an edict was issued to transform the governorate into a viceroyalty, with the effective date of January 9, 1782. The viceroyalty was subdivided into the following counties ( uyezds ): Note that some sources state that the towns of Khorol and Gorodishche were included without their districts. In 1789, Gorodishche county was transferred to the Yekaterinoslav Governorate . In 1791,
10-638: A Ukrainian context ( Ukrainian : повіт ) was a type of administrative subdivision of the Grand Duchy of Moscow , the Tsardom of Russia , the Russian Empire , the Russian SFSR , and the early Soviet Union , which was in use from the 13th century. For most of Russian history, uezds were a second-level administrative division . By sense, but not by etymology, uezd approximately corresponds to
15-519: The English " county ". Originally describing groups of several volosts , they formed around the most important cities. Uezds were ruled by the appointees ( namestniki ) of a knyaz and, starting from the 17th century, by voyevodas . In 1708, an administrative reform was carried out by Peter the Great , dividing Russia into governorates . The subdivision into uyezds was abolished at that time but
20-666: The Kiev Viceroyalty was subdivided into ten okrugs, and in early 1790s additional districts ( uyezds ) of Bohuslav , Gadyach , Kaniv , Zinkiv , Korsun , and Lokhvytsia were added. On June 4, 1782, the coat of arms of Kiev was officially approved, which de facto became a coat of arms of the viceroyalty. According to the description, Archangel Michael was to be dressed in silver holding up an aglow sword, depicted on an azure shield. Uyezd An uezd (also spelled uyezd ; Russian: уе́зд ( pre-1918 : уѣздъ) , IPA: [ʊˈjest] ), or povit in
25-713: Was reinstated in 1727, as a result of Catherine I 's administrative reform . By the USSR administrative reform of 1923–1929, most of the uezds were transformed into raions (districts). In UkSSR , uezds were reformed into forty okruhas which were the primary-level of administrative division from 1925 to 1930. In the Baltic governorates the type of division was known as Kreis. The uezds of Bessarabia Governorate were called Ținut or Județ in Romanian , which would translate as "county". The Ukrainian word for uezd
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