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Vitebsk Governorate (Russian: Витебская губерния, romanized: Vitebskaya guberniya, Belarusian: Віцебская губерня, romanized: Vitsyebskaya hubernya) was an administrative-territorial unit of the Russian Empire, with the seat of governorship in Vitebsk.
This is a list of governorates of the Russian Empire (Russian: губерния, pre-1918: губернія, romanized: guberniya) established between the administrative reform of 1708 and the establishment of the Kholm Governorate in 1912 (inclusive).
Under the Russian Empire, the historic centre of Vitebsk was rebuilt in the Neoclassical style. The Battle of Vitebsk was fought west of the city on 26–27 July 1812 as Napoleon attempted to engage decisively with the Russian army.
Nov 15, 2022 · This chapter examines how territorial administration was structured in the Russian Empire over a long timeframe running from the eighteenth century through to the first half of the nineteenth century.
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Mar 13, 2008 · Belarussian Bonanza: A new book explores how Vitebsk, a modest Russian town, became one of the most influential gateways to the art of the 20th century.
In 1911 the Zemstvo constitution was introduced in Vitebsk Gubernia. It was an administrative unit (government, gubernia) of the Russian Empire until the Russian Revolution, following which it was contested and partitioned by Poland, the RSFSR, Latvia and Belarus. Population.
Dec 2, 2015 · It stretched from the Black Sea in the south, to Lithuania and the Latgale province of Latvia, (then the Vitebsk Governorate) in the north, and was the only part of the Russian Empire where Jews could live permanently.
