Vitebsk Governorate

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former administrative division governorate of the Russian Empire

Vitebsk Governorate was an administrative division of the Russian Empire and later the early Soviet state, centered on the city of Vitebsk in what is now northeastern Belarus.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Vitebsk Governorate canonical	16
Governorate of Vitebsk	2
Vitebsk Region	2
Vitebsk Governorate (RSFSR)	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former administrative division ⓘ governorate of the Russian Empire ⓘ
abolishedBy	Soviet administrative reform ⓘ
administrativeCenter	Vitebsk ⓘ
areaCharacteristic	predominantly rural ⓘ
borderedBy	Governorate of Courland ⓘ surface form: Courland Governorate Livonia Governorate ⓘ Mogilev Governorate ⓘ Pskov Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ Smolensk Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ Vilna Governorate ⓘ
capital	Vitebsk ⓘ
changedSovereignty	after Russian Revolution of 1917 ⓘ
country	Russian Empire ⓘ
dissolved	1924 ⓘ
established	1802 ⓘ
existedDuring	19th century ⓘ early 20th century ⓘ
followedBy	Vitebsk Governorate self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Vitebsk Governorate (RSFSR)
governingSystem	tsarist provincial administration ⓘ
historicalEra	Russian Empire ⓘ surface form: Imperial Russia early Soviet period ⓘ
languageCommon	Belarusian ⓘ Russian ⓘ Yiddish ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay	Belarus ⓘ Latvia ⓘ Russia ⓘ
namedAfter	Vitebsk ⓘ
partOf	Northwestern Krai of the Russian Empire ⓘ surface form: Northwestern Krai
partOfHistoricalRegion	Eastern Europe ⓘ
predecessor	Belarusian Governorate ⓘ Pskov Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionType	historical region of Belarus ⓘ historical region of Latvia ⓘ historical region of Russia ⓘ
religionMajority	Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
religionMinority	Judaism ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ
sovereignStateAfter1917	Russian SFSR ⓘ surface form: Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
sovereignStateAtTimeOfEstablishment	Russian Empire ⓘ
subdivisionType	uyezd ⓘ
todayPartlyIn	Latgale ⓘ surface form: Latgale region Pskov Oblast NERFINISHED ⓘ Smolensk Oblast NERFINISHED ⓘ Vitebsk Region ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

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

Smolensk Governorate → hasBorderWith → Vitebsk Governorate ⓘ

Vilna Governorate → followedBy → Vitebsk Governorate ⓘ

Vilna Governorate → borderedBy → Vitebsk Governorate ⓘ

Vitebsk School of Art → locatedIn → Vitebsk Governorate ⓘ

Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk → locatedIn → Vitebsk Governorate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vitebsk Region

Marc Chagall Museum → locatedIn → Vitebsk Governorate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vitebsk Region

Markus Yakovlevich Rothkowitz → birthPlace → Vitebsk Governorate ⓘ

Grand Duke Constantine Pavlovich of Russia → deathPlace → Vitebsk Governorate ⓘ

Mogilev Governorate → succeededBy → Vitebsk Governorate ⓘ

Mogilev Governorate → borderedBy → Vitebsk Governorate ⓘ

Faina Ipatyevna Vakhreva → placeOfBirth → Vitebsk Governorate ⓘ

Vitebsk Governorate → followedBy → Vitebsk Governorate self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vitebsk Governorate (RSFSR)

Western Krai → includedTerritory → Vitebsk Governorate ⓘ

Governorate of Courland → borderedBy → Vitebsk Governorate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Governorate of Vitebsk

Minsk Governorate → borderedBy → Vitebsk Governorate ⓘ

Mikhail Borodin → placeOfBirth → Vitebsk Governorate ⓘ

Western Oblast → follows → Vitebsk Governorate ⓘ

Western Oblast → hasPredecessorAdministrativeUnit → Vitebsk Governorate ⓘ

Governorate of Pskov → hasBorderWith → Vitebsk Governorate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Governorate of Vitebsk

Lutsi dialect → historicalRegion → Vitebsk Governorate ⓘ

S. Ansky → placeOfBirth → Vitebsk Governorate ⓘ