Kovno Governorate

Kovno Governorate Ковенская губерния (Russian) Kauno gubernija (Lithuanian)
Governorate
Coat of arms
Location in the Russian Empire
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 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.

Counties

The governorate was divided into seven uyezds:

County	County Seat		Area (km2)	Population in 1897	Population in 1914
		1897
Kovensky Uyezd	Kovno	70.920	4,029	227,431	301,800
Novoalexandrovsky Uyezd	Novoaleksandrovsk	6.359	5,437	208,487	242,300
Ponevezhsky Uyezd	Ponevezh	12.968	6,215	222,881	259,700
Rossiyensky Uyezd	Rossiyeny	7.455	6,485	235,362	279,200
Shavelsky Uyezd	Shavli	16.128	6,922	237,934	294,500
Telshevsky Uyezd	Telshi	6.205	5,306	183,351	216,000
Vilkomirsky Uyezd	Vilkomir	13.532	5,866	229,188	263,600
Total			40,260	1,544,564	1,857,100

Further reading

• William Henry Beable (1919), "Governments or Provinces of the Former Russian Empire: Kovno", Russian Gazetteer and Guide, London: Russian Outlook – via Open Library
• Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Kovno (government)" . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.