Little Russia Governorate (1764–1781)

Malorossiya Governorate Малороссийская губерния
Governorate of the Russian Empire
1764–1781
Coat of arms
Capital	Hlukhiv (1764–1773) Kozelets (1773–1775) Kiev (1775–1781)
Government
Governor
• 1764–1781	Pyotr Rumyantsev[1]
Legislature	Little Russian Collegium
History
• Established	12 December 1764
• Disestablished	27 February 1781
Political subdivisions	regiments (polks)
Preceded by Succeeded by Cossack Hetmanate Kiev Viceroyalty Chernigov Governorate Novgorod-Seversky Viceroyalty
Today part of	Chernihiv Oblast, Bryansk Oblast, Kyiv Oblast, Poltava Oblast, Cherkasy Oblast, Sumy Oblast, Kharkiv Oblast

The First Little Russia Governorate^[a] or Malorossiya Governorate, was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of the Russian Empire, which existed in 1764-1781. It was created after the abolition of Cossack Hetmanate and was governed by Pyotr Rumyantsev.

With another administrative reform of 1781 the governorate and its subdivisions (regiments) were liquidated and replaced with vice-royalties divided into counties (uezds).

Subdivisions

The governorate was divided into 10 regiments (polk) which were equivalent to counties (uezd).

• Starodub Regimentuk (1663–1782)
• Kyiv Regimentuk
• Pereiaslav Regimentuk
• Nizhyn Regiment
• Chernihiv Regiment
• Pryluky Regiment
• Lubny Regiment
• Myrhorod Regiment
• Hadiach Regiment
• Poltava Regiment

Coat of arms

Until 1767 the coat of arms for the governorate was Cossack with musket when it was replaced with the Russian double headed eagle.

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