Generalgouvernement (Russia)

As General (often Kraj the 1775-1917 were called in) Russia from the combination of several provinces existing administrative units called, which a governor general board. As a rule, they were congruent with a military district, the commander of which also held the office of governor-general. This system was gradually pushed back towards the end of the Russian Empire.

In 1895 the following general government existed:

• General Government of Warsaw or the Vistula Government
• General Government of Vilnius
• Generalgouvernement Kiev or Little Russia with Volhynia and Podolia
• The Grand Duchy of Finland also formed a general government.

In the Asian part there were:

• General Government of the Caucasus
• General Government of the Steppe (Northeast Central Asia)
• General Government of Turkestan (South Central Asia)
• General Government of Irkutsk (or Eastern Siberia)
• Amur General Government

There was also a Governor General of Moscow, which was only an honorary title.

literature

Meyers Konversations-Lexikon , Leipzig and Vienna 1897, 5th edition, vol. 14, p. 1069