Caucasus Viceroyalty (1785–1796)

The Caucasus Viceroyalty (Russian: Кавказское наместничество) was established in 1785 by Catherine the Great by transforming Astrakhan Governorate and adding some lands from Taurida Oblast. It was abolished by Paul I in 1796.

Caucasus Viceroyalty
Кавказское наместничество
Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire
1785–1796

CapitalYekaterinograd
  TypeViceroyalty
History 
 Established
1785
 Disestablished
1796
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Taurida Oblast
Astrakhan Governorate
Astrakhan Governorate

Viceroys

The five viceroys or heads of the viceroyalty were:

time name life span
1785–1787Pavel Potemkin1743–1796
1787–1788Pyotr Abramovic Tekkeli?−1793
1788–1788Ivan Petrovich Saltykov1730–1805
1788–1790Anton Bogdanovich de Balme1741–1790
1790–1796,
1796–1798,
1806–1809
Ivan Vasilyevich Gudovich1732–1820

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