Kiev Viceroyalty () was an administrative-territorial unit (namestnichestvo) of the Russian Empire, which existed in 1781–1796. It was created in the process of Catherine's reforms initiated by edict of November 7, 1775.
Description On September 16, 1781, an edict was issued to transform the governorate into a viceroyalty,Сергей Тархов, "Изменение административно-территориального деления России в XIII-XX в." (pdf), Логос, No. 1 2005 (46), сс. 65–101, (Ivan Fundukley. Statistical Description of Kiev Governorate. St. Petersburg, 1852)Справка: Административно-территориальное деление России XVIII-XX веков, Отечественные записки, № 6 (7) (2002) with the effective date of January 9, 1782. The viceroyalty was subdivided into the following counties (uyezds): Kiev Gorodishche Goltva Khorol Kozelets Lubny Mirgorod Ostyor Pereyaslavl Piryatin Zolotonosha
Note that some sources state that the towns of Khorol and Gorodishche were included without their districts.
In 1789, Gorodishche county was transferred to the Yekaterinoslav Governorate. In 1791, the Kiev Viceroyalty was subdivided into ten okrugs, and in early 1790s additional districts (uyezds) of Bohuslav, Gadyach, Kaniv, Zinkiv, Korsun, and Lokhvytsia were added.Гербы украинских земель в составе Российской империи
On June 4, 1782, the coat of arms of Kiev was officially approved, which de facto became a coat of arms of the viceroyalty. According to the description, Archangel Michael was to be dressed in silver holding up an aglow sword, depicted on an azure shield.ПСЗ, т. XXI, №15423, cited through Гербы украинских земель в составе Российской империи
Governors
Governor-generals (viceroys) 1782–1796 – Petr Rumyantsev 1791–1793 – Mikhail Krechetnikov, (acting) 1793–1794 – Osip Igelstrom, (acting)
Viceroyalty governors 1782–1795 – Semen Shirkov 1796 – 17.06.1797 Vasiliy Krasno-Milashevich
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