Grodno Governorate

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governorate of the Russian Empire historical administrative division

Grodno Governorate was a historical administrative region of the Russian Empire in present-day Belarus and parts of neighboring countries, notable as the birthplace of L. L. Zamenhof, the creator of Esperanto.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Grodno Governorate canonical	19
Grodno, Russian Empire	1
Hrodna region (historical)	1
Minsk Voivodeship (Second Polish Republic)	1
Slonim Governorate	1

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	governorate of the Russian Empire ⓘ historical administrative division ⓘ
abolishedIn	1915 ⓘ
administrativeCenter	Hrodna ⓘ surface form: Grodno
area	approximately 38,000 square kilometers ⓘ
borderedBy	East Prussia ⓘ Lomza Governorate ⓘ Minsk Governorate ⓘ Siedlce Voivodeship ⓘ surface form: Siedlce Governorate Vilna Governorate ⓘ Volhynia ⓘ surface form: Volhynia Governorate
capital	Hrodna ⓘ surface form: Grodno
contains	Kresy ⓘ surface form: Belsk Białowieża National Park (Poland) section of Białowieża Forest ⓘ surface form: Białowieża Forest (part) Białystok ⓘ Białystok ⓘ surface form: Białystok (birthplace of L. L. Zamenhof) Brest (Belarus) ⓘ surface form: Brest Hrodna ⓘ surface form: Grodno Kobrín ⓘ Lida ⓘ Pruzhany ⓘ Dzyarzhynsk ⓘ surface form: Slonim Sokolka ⓘ Volkovysk ⓘ
country	Russian Empire ⓘ
dissolutionCause	World War I and subsequent political changes ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Belarusians ⓘ Jews ⓘ Lithuanians ⓘ Poles ⓘ Russians ⓘ
followedBy	Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic ⓘ surface form: Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic (part) Białystok Voivodeship (Second Polish Republic) ⓘ Lithuanian–Belorussian Soviet Socialist Republic ⓘ surface form: Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic (part) Nowogródek Voivodeship ⓘ surface form: Nowogródek Voivodeship (Second Polish Republic)
historicalLanguage	Belarusian ⓘ Polish ⓘ Yiddish ⓘ
languageOfAdministration	Russian ⓘ
locatedIn	Western Krai ⓘ surface form: Northwestern Krai present-day Belarus ⓘ present-day Lithuania ⓘ present-day Poland ⓘ present-day Ukraine ⓘ
notableAs	birthplace of L. L. Zamenhof ⓘ
partOf	Pale of Settlement ⓘ Western regions of the Russian Empire ⓘ
precededBy	Grodno Governorate self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Slonim Governorate Vilna Governorate ⓘ surface form: Vilna Governorate (part)
religion	Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy Judaism ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ
timeEnd	1915 ⓘ
timeStart	1801 ⓘ

Referenced by (23)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

L. L. Zamenhof → birthPlace → Grodno Governorate ⓘ

Maxim Litvinov → placeOfBirth → Grodno Governorate ⓘ

Vilna Governorate → followedBy → Grodno Governorate ⓘ

Vilna Governorate → borderedBy → Grodno Governorate ⓘ

Hrodna → historicalRegion → Grodno Governorate ⓘ

Motal → historicalTerritory → Grodno Governorate ⓘ

Grodno Governorate → precededBy → Grodno Governorate self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Slonim Governorate

the Mob's Accountant → placeOfBirth → Grodno Governorate ⓘ

subject surface form: Meyer Lansky

this entity surface form: Grodno, Russian Empire

Eliezer Levi Samenhof → birthPlace → Grodno Governorate ⓘ

Saul Lieberman → birthPlace → Grodno Governorate ⓘ

Yisrael Meir Kagan → birthPlace → Grodno Governorate ⓘ

Governor-General of Lithuania → appliesToJurisdiction → Grodno Governorate ⓘ

Alexandra Exter → birthPlace → Grodno Governorate ⓘ

Western Krai → includedTerritory → Grodno Governorate ⓘ

Léon Bakst → placeOfBirth → Grodno Governorate ⓘ

Minsk Governorate → followedBy → Grodno Governorate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Minsk Voivodeship (Second Polish Republic)

Minsk Governorate → borderedBy → Grodno Governorate ⓘ

Dziga Vertov → placeOfBirth → Grodno Governorate ⓘ

Białystok real school → locatedIn → Grodno Governorate ⓘ

Occupied Enemy Territory East → appliesToTerritorialJurisdiction → Grodno Governorate ⓘ

Volkovysk → historicalRegion → Grodno Governorate ⓘ

Zivia Lubetkin → placeOfBirth → Grodno Governorate ⓘ

Navahrudak → historicalRegion → Grodno Governorate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hrodna region (historical)