Northwestern Krai

Northwestern Krai of the Russian empire

Northwestern Krai (Russian: Северо-Западный край) was a subdivision (krai) of Russian empire in the territories of the present day Belarus and Lithuania. The center was in Vilna city.

It included six guberniyas:

• Vilna Governorate
• Kovno Governorate
• Grodno Governorate
• Minsk Governorate
• Mogilev Governorate
• Vitebsk Governorate

History

From 1870 to 1912, Grodno, Vilna, and Kovno Governorates were constituted as the Governor-General of Lithuania. Northwestern Krai together with the Southwestern Krai formed the Western Krai.

Governors General

• Nikolai Vasilyevich Repnin (1794–1798)
• Boris Petrovich De Lacy (1798–1799)
• Ivan Petrovich Gorichev (13/11/1799–19/12/1799)
• Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov (1799–1801)
• Levin August, Count von Bennigsen (1801–1806)
• Alexander Michailovič Rimsky-Korsakov (1806–1830)
• Matthew Evgrafovich Khrapovitsky (1830–1831)
• Nikolai Andreyevich Dolgorukov (1831–1840)
• Fedor Yakovlevich Mirkovich (1840–1850)
• Ilya Gavrilovich Bibikov (1850–1855)
• Vladimir Nzimov (1855–1863)
• Mikhail Nikolayevich Muravyov-Vilensky (1863–1865)
• Konstantin Petrovich von Kaufman (1865–1866)
• Eduard Trofimovich Baranov (1866–1868)
• Aleksandr Potapov (1868–1874)
• Pyotr Albedinsky (1874-1880)
• Alexander Nikitin (5/11/1882–14/1/1884, temporarily Governor during illness of Eduard Totleben)
• Eduard Totleben (1880–1884)
• Ivan Kahanov (1884–1893)
• Pyort Orzhevsky (1893–1897)
• Vitaly Trotsky (1897–1901)
• Pyotr Dmitrievich Sviatopolk-Mirskii (1902–1904)
• Alexander Frese (1904–1905)
• Constantine Fadeyevich Krshivitsky (1905–1909)

In 1912, Northwestern Krai was abolished.

See also

• Southwestern Krai
• Western Krai

References

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Western Krai Governorates of the Russian Empire 1795–1912
Northwestern Krai	Vilna Governorate Kovno Governorate Grodno Governorate Minsk Governorate Mogilev Governorate Vitebsk Governorate
Southwestern Krai	Volhynia Governorate Podolia Governorate Kiev Governorate Kholm Governorate (from 1912)

Coordinates: 54°N 26°E / 54°N 26°E / 54; 26