Belgorod Governorate

Belgorod Governorate
Белгородская губерния
Governorate of the Russian Empire
1727–1779
Coat of arms of Belgorod Governorate
Coat of arms
CapitalBelgorod
Population 
• 1762
717,265
History 
• Established
1727
• Disestablished
1779
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Kiev Governorate
Kursk Viceroyalty
Oryol Viceroyalty
Sloboda Ukraine Governorate

Belgorod Governorate (Russian: Белгородская губерния, romanizedBelgorodskaya guberniya) was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of the Russian Empire in 1727–1779 with its capital in Belgorod. In 1775–1779, as a result of the gubernatorial reform of Catherine II, Belgorod Governorate was divided between the newly formed viceroyalties, and Belgorod became the uyezd city of Kursk Governorate.