Vilna Governorate

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former administrative division governorate of the Russian Empire

Vilna Governorate was an administrative division of the Russian Empire in the 19th and early 20th centuries, centered on the historic city of Vilnius in the region of present-day Lithuania and Belarus.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Vilna Governorate (1795–1797) 1
Vilna Governorate (Lithuanian–Belorussian SSR) 1
Vilnius Region 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former administrative division ⓘ
governorate of the Russian Empire ⓘ
borderedBy Governorate of Courland ⓘ
surface form: Courland Governorate

Grodno Governorate ⓘ
Kovno Governorate ⓘ
Minsk Governorate ⓘ
Vitebsk Governorate ⓘ
capital Vilna ⓘ
Vilnius ⓘ
containsHistoricCity Vilna ⓘ
Vilnius ⓘ
containsPartOf Aukštaitija ⓘ
Samogitia ⓘ
historical region of Belarus ⓘ
historical region of Lithuania ⓘ
country Russian Empire ⓘ
dissolutionCause World War I ⓘ
collapse of the Russian Empire ⓘ
ethnicGroupsSignificant Belarusians ⓘ
Jews ⓘ
Lithuanians ⓘ
Poles ⓘ
followedBy Grodno Governorate ⓘ
Kovno Governorate ⓘ
surface form: Kaunas Governorate

Kovno Governorate ⓘ
Minsk Governorate ⓘ
Vilna Governorate self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Vilna Governorate (Lithuanian–Belorussian SSR)

Vitebsk Governorate ⓘ
Wilno Voivodeship ⓘ
surface form: Wilno Voivodeship (Second Polish Republic)
governmentType imperial governorate administration ⓘ
historicalLanguage Belarusian ⓘ
Lithuanian ⓘ
Polish ⓘ
Yiddish ⓘ
languageOfAdministration Russian ⓘ
locatedInRegion Eastern Europe ⓘ
locatedInThePresentDayTerritoryOf Belarus ⓘ
Lithuania ⓘ
partOf Western Krai ⓘ
surface form: Northwestern Krai

Western Krai ⓘ
partOfHistoricalEntity Partitioned Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth lands ⓘ
precededBy Vilna Governorate self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Vilna Governorate (1795–1797)
religionMajority Roman Catholicism ⓘ
religionSignificant Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy

Judaism ⓘ
rulingMonarchAtCreation Alexander I of Russia ⓘ
rulingMonarchBeforeDissolution Tsar Nicholas II of Russia ⓘ
surface form: Nicholas II of Russia
rulingMonarchInLate19thCentury Alexander III of Russia ⓘ
rulingMonarchInMid19thCentury Alexander II of Russia ⓘ
timePeriod 19th century ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Vilna Governorate → followedBy → Vilna Governorate self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vilna Governorate (Lithuanian–Belorussian SSR)
guberniyas (governorates) → hasNotableExample → Vilna Governorate ⓘ
subject surface form: guberniya
Wilno → locatedIn → Vilna Governorate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vilnius Region
Home Army (Armia Krajowa) → operatedIn → Vilna Governorate ⓘ
subject surface form: Home Army
this entity surface form: Vilnius region
Joseph Buloff → placeOfBirth → Vilna Governorate ⓘ
Józef Piłsudski → placeOfBirth → Vilna Governorate ⓘ
Meir Vilner → placeOfBirth → Vilna Governorate ⓘ
Vilna Governorate → precededBy → Vilna Governorate self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vilna Governorate (1795–1797)