The Kovno Governorate ( or Kovenskaja Gubernija; ) or Government of Kovno was a governorate (guberniya
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The Kovno Governorate ( or Kovenskaja Gubernija; ) or Government of Kovno was a governorate (guberniya
Guberniya
Guberniya was a major administrative subdivision of Imperial Russia, usually translated as government, governorate, or province. A guberniya was ruled by a governor or , a word borrowed from Latin , in turn from Greek .... ) of the Russian Empire
Russian Empire
File:Russian Emperor Flag.jpgFile:Romanov Flag.svgThe Russian Empire was a state that existed from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917.... . Its capital was Kovno (Kaunas
Kaunas
Kaunas is the second largest city in Lithuania and a Temporary capital of Lithuania. It is served by the freeways European route E67 and A1 highway .... ). It was formed on 18 December 1842 by tsar Nicholas I from the western part of the Vilna Governorate
Vilna Governorate
The Viln? Governorate or Government of Vilna was a governorate of the Russian Empire created after the Partitions of Poland #Third Partition of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1795.... , and the order was carried out on 1 July 1843. It used to be a part of Northwestern Krai
Northwestern Krai
Northwestern Krai , a part of the Western Krai, was a subdivision of Imperial Russia. It included the following six guberniyas:*Vilna Governorate... . The governorate included almost entire Lithuania
Lithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the southernmost of the three Baltic states. Situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, it shares borders with Latvia to the north, Belarus to the southeast, Poland, and the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad Oblast to the southwest.... n region of Samogitia
Samogitia
Samogitia is one of the five ethnographic regions of Lithuania.... and northern Aukštaitija
Aukštaitija
Auk?taitija is the name of one of five ethnographic regions of Lithuania. The name comes from the fact that the region is relatively elevated, particularly in its eastern parts.... .
Uyezd or uezd was an admistrative subdivision of Rus' , Muscovy, and Russian Empire used from the 13th century, originally describing groups of several volosts formed around the most important cities.... s:
Kaunas is the second largest city in Lithuania and a Temporary capital of Lithuania. It is served by the freeways European route E67 and A1 highway ....
Zarasai is a city in northeastern Lithuania, surrounded by many lakes and rivers: to the southwest of the city is Lake Zarasas, north ? Lake Zarasaitis, southeast ? Lake Baltas, and east ? Lake Grie?tas....
?iauliai is the fourth largest city in Lithuania, with a population of 129,075. It is the capital of ?iauliai County. Unofficially, the city is the capital of Northern Lithuania....
