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- Kovno Governorate [a] was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of the Russian Empire, with its capital in Kovno (Kaunas). 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. It was part of the Vilna Governorate-General and Northwestern Krai.
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Kovno Governorate [a] was an administrative-territorial unit ( guberniya) of the Russian Empire, with its capital in Kovno ( Kaunas ). 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.
SHOW ALL QUESTIONS. Kovno Governorate was an administrative-territorial unit ( guberniya) of the Russian Empire, with its capital in Kovno ( Kaunas ). 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.
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The Kovna gubernia (also known as Kaunas) was formed 18 December 1842 by Tsar Nicholas I from seven western uyezdi (districts) of the Vilna gubernia. The Kovna gubernia consisted of those seven uyezdi. Currently, most of the former Kovna gubernia is now located in Lithuania with a small part in Latvia and Belarus.
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Kovno Governorate (Russian: Ковенская губеpния, tr. Kovenskaya guberniya; Lithuanian: Kauno gubernija) or Governorate of Kaunas was a governorate (guberniya) of the Russian Empire. Its capital was Kaunas (Kovno in Russian).
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. It was part of the Vilna Governorate-General and Northwestern Krai.
