Caucasus Viceroyalty (1785–1796)
Viceroyalty of the Russian empire (1785–1796)
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The Caucasus Viceroyalty (Russian: Кавказское наместничество) was established in 1785 by Catherine the Great by combining the Astrakhan Governorate and the Caucasus Governorate.[1] It was abolished by Paul I in 1796.[2]
| Caucasus Viceroyalty Кавказское наместничество | |||||||||||
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| Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire | |||||||||||
| 1785–1796 | |||||||||||
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| Capital | Yekaterinograd | ||||||||||
| Government | |||||||||||
| • Type | Viceroyalty | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
• Established | 1785 | ||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1796 | ||||||||||
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Viceroys
The five viceroys or heads of the viceroyalty were:[citation needed]
| time | name | life span |
|---|---|---|
| 1785–1787 | Pavel Sergeevich Potemkin | 1743–1796 |
| 1787–1789 | Pyotr Abramovich Tekelli | 1720−1793 |
| 1789–1790 | Ivan Petrovich Saltykov | 1730–1805 |
| 1790 | Anton Bogdanovich de Balmen | 1741–1790 |
| 1790–1796, 1796–1798, 1806–1809 | Ivan Vasilyevich Gudovich | 1741–1820 |