Western Krai

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historical administrative region region of the Russian Empire

Western Krai was a historical administrative region of the Russian Empire that encompassed several western governorates, including Smolensk, in the territories of present-day Belarus, Lithuania, and western Russia.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Western Krai canonical 5
Northwestern Krai 3
Southwestern Krai 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical administrative region ⓘ
region of the Russian Empire ⓘ
administrativeStructure grouping of several governorates ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Zapadny Krai ⓘ
borderedBy Austrian Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ
surface form: Austrian Empire

Congress Poland ⓘ
Prussia ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
capitalCity Minsk ⓘ
Vilna ⓘ
country Russian Empire ⓘ
dissolvedIn early 20th century ⓘ
ethnicComposition Belarusians ⓘ
Jews ⓘ
Lithuanians ⓘ
Poles ⓘ
Russians ⓘ
governedBy Tsarist authorities ⓘ
historicalContext Partitions of Poland ⓘ
surface form: Partitions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
historicalRegionOf Belarusian lands ⓘ
Lithuanian lands ⓘ
western Russian lands ⓘ
includedTerritory Grodno Governorate ⓘ
Kovno Governorate ⓘ
Minsk Governorate ⓘ
Mogilev Governorate ⓘ
Smolensk Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vilna Governorate ⓘ
Vitebsk Governorate ⓘ
languageUsed Belarusian language ⓘ
surface form: Belarusian

Lithuanian ⓘ
Polish ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
locatedIn European part of the Russian Empire ⓘ
present-day Belarus ⓘ
present-day Lithuania ⓘ
present-day western Russia ⓘ
partOf Western borderlands of the Russian Empire ⓘ
Western military districts of the Russian Empire ⓘ
politicalStatus non-autonomous region ⓘ
religiousComposition Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Christians

Jews ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholics
successorEntity Second Polish Republic ⓘ
surface form: Second Polish Republic (for some territories)

Soviet republics in Belarus and Lithuania ⓘ
timePeriod 19th century ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ
usedFor Russification policies ⓘ
imperial administration ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

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

Smolensk Governorate → partOf → Western Krai ⓘ
Governorate of Livonia → partOf → Western Krai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Krai of the Russian Empire
Vilna Governorate → partOf → Western Krai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northwestern Krai
Vilna Governorate → partOf → Western Krai ⓘ
Kherson Governorate → partOf → Western Krai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern Krai
Russian Partition of Poland → appliesToPart → Western Krai ⓘ
Russian Partition of Poland → appliesToPart → Western Krai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northwestern Krai
Grodno Governorate → locatedIn → Western Krai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northwestern Krai
Vistula Land province of the Russian Empire → partOf → Western Krai ⓘ
subject surface form: Vistula Land
this entity surface form: Western Krai (in Russian imperial administrative sense)
Vistula Land → partOf → Western Krai ⓘ
Minsk Governorate → partOf → Western Krai ⓘ