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Kovno Governorate
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Country | Russian Empire |
Krai | Northwestern |
Established | 1843 |
Abolished | 1918 |
Capital | Kovno |
Area | |
• Total | 40,641.36 km2 (15,691.72 sq mi) |
Population (1897) | |
• Total | 1,544,564 |
• Density | 38/km2 (98/sq mi) |
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. The governorate included almost the entire Lithuanian region of Samogitia and the northern part of Aukštaitija.
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