The General Government of Galicia and Bukovina, also known as the Galicia Governorate-General () was a temporary Russian military administration of the eastern parts of the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, which were captured from Austria-Hungary during World War I.
The administration was established after the Russian victory in the Battle of Galicia, led by the commander-in-chief Nikolai Ivanov in the late summer of 1914. It did not last long, and by mid-1915, the Russians retreated after the Gorlice–Tarnów offensive led by the Central Powers overall commander August von Mackensen. During the later stages of the war, Russian forces tried to reclaim the territory during the Brusilov and the Kerensky offensives. Although it de facto ceased to function after the Great Retreat in 1915, it was not formally abolished until 1917.
Military governors and krai commissars 5 September 1914 – 14 July 1915: Georgiy Bobrinsky 4 October 1916 – 31 May 1917: Fyodor Trepov, administrator of the governments of Ternopol and Chernovtsy 22 April – 2 August 1917: Dmytro Doroshenko, krai commissar of the Russian Provisional Government
Administrative divisions
There were four governments (guberniya) that were divided into counties (uyezdy, locally - powiats):
External links World War I. Talerhof in 4 volumes - 1914-1915; 1925; 1930; 1932.
Oskin, M. Battle of Galicia. August 1914