# List of governorates of the Russian Empire

This is a list of governorates of the Russian Empire (Russian: губерния, pre-1918: губернія, romanized: guberniya) established between the administrative reform of 1708 and the establishment of the Kholm Governorate in 1912 (inclusive).
Some of these governorates persisted into the Soviet era (renamed oblasts during the 1920s), while others were subdivided further as part of the policy of "unbundling" (разукрупнение, razukrupneniye) of the 1930s. During the partitions of Poland (in the 1780s), many governorates were replaced with viceroyalties, but later (before the 1800s) were reverted to governorates.

## List of governorates

| English name | Russian name | Russian transliterated | Established (Julian Cal.) | Disestablished (Julian Cal) | Changed to |
| Augustów Governorate | Августовская г. | Avgustovskaya g. | 1837 | 1866 | Suwałki Governorate / Łomża Governorate |
| Archangelgorod Governorate | Архангелогородская г. | Arkhangelogorodskaya g. | 1708-12-29 | 1780-01-25 | Vologda Viceroyalty |
| Arkhangelsk Governorate | Архангельская г. | Arkhangelskaya g. | 1784 | 1929 | Northern Krai |
| Astrakhan Governorate | Астраханская г. | Astrakhanskaya g. | 1717 | 1929 |
| Azov/Voronezh Governorate | Азовская г. | Azovskaya g. | 1708 | 1779 | Voronezh Viceroyalty |
| Azov Governorate | Азовская г. | Azovskaya g. | 1775 | 1783 | Yekaterinoslav Viceroyalty |
| Baku Governorate | Бакинская г. | Bakinskaya g. | 1897 | 1917 |
| Belarus Governorate | Белорусская г. | Belorusskaya g. | 1796 | 1802 |
| Belgorod Governorate | Белгородская г. | Belgorodskaya g. | 1727 | 1779 |
| Bessarabia Governorate | Бессарабская г. | Bessarabskaya g. | 1812 | 1917 |
| Black Sea Governorate | Черномо́рская г. | Chernomorskaya g. | 1896 | 1920 |
| Caucasus Governorate | Кавказская г. | Kavkazskaya g. | 1802 | 1822 |
| Chernigov Governorate | Черниговская г. | Chernigovskaya g. | 1802 | 1925 |
| Courland Governorate | Курля́ндская г. | Kurlyandskaya g. | 1795 | 1915 |
| Derbent Governorate | Дербентская г. | Derbentskaya g. | 1846 | 1860 | ca. Dagestan Oblast |
| Elisabethpol Governorate | Елизаветпольская г. | Yelizavetpol'skaya g. | 1868 | 1917 |
| Erivan Governorate | Эриванская г. | Erivanskaya g. | 1850 | 1917 |
| Estonia Governorate | Эстляндская г. | Estlyandskaya g. | 1796 | 1917 |
| Grodno Governorate | Гродненская г. | Grodnenskaya g. | 1795 | 1917 |
| Irkutsk Governorate | Иркутская г. | Irkutskaya g. | 1764 | 1926 |
| Kalisz Governorate | Калишская г. | Kalishskaya g. | 1837 | 1844 |
| Kaluga Governorate | Калужская г. | Kaluzhskaya g. | 1796 | 1929 |
| Kazan Governorate | Каза́нская г. | Kazanskaya g. | 1708-12-29 | 1920 |
| Kharkov Governorate | Ха́рьковская г. | Khar'kovskaya g. | 1780 | 1919 |
| Kherson Governorate | Херсонская г. | Khersonskaya g. | 1802 | 1920 |
| Kholm Governorate | Холмская г. | Kholmskaya g. | 1912 | 1917 |
| Kielce Governorate | Келецкая г. | Keletskaya g. | 1841 | 1844 |
| Kiev Governorate | Киевская г. | Kievskaya g. | 1708-12-29 | 1917 |
| Kostroma Governorate | Костромская г. | Kostromskaya g. | 1796 | 1929 |
| Kovno Governorate | Ковенская г. | Kovenskaya g. | 1843 | 1915 |
| Kraków Governorate | Краковская г. | Krakovskaya g. | 1837 | 1847 |
| Kursk Governorate | Курская г. | Kurskaya g. | 1796 | 1929 |
| Kutais Governorate | Кутаи́сская г. | Kutaisskaya g. | 1846 | 1918 |
| Lithuania Governorate | Литовская г. | Litovskaya g. | 1795 | 1801 |
| Livonia Governorate | Лифляндская г. | Liflyandskaya g. | 1796 | 1918 |
| Łomża Governorate | Ломжская г. | Lomzhskaya g. | 1867 | 1914 |
| Lublin Governorate | Люблинская г. | Lublinskaya g. | 1837 | 1915 |
| Malorossiya Governorate | Малороссiйская г. | Malorossiyskaya g. | 1796 | 1802 | Divided into Chernigov, Poltava |
| Masovia Governorate | Мазовская г. | Mazovskaya g. | 1837 | 1844 | Merged into Warsaw |
| Minsk Governorate | Минская г. | Minskaya g. | 1793 | 1917 |
| Mogilev Governorate | Могилёвская г. | Mogilyovskaya g. | 1772 | 1918 |
| Moscow Governorate | Московская г. | Moskovskaya g. | 1708-12-29 | 1929 | Moscow Oblast |
| Nizhny Novgorod Governorate | Нижегородская г. | Nizhegorodskaya g. | 1714 | 1929 |
| Novgorod Governorate | Новгоро́дская г. | Novgorodskaya g. | 1727 | 1918 |
| Novorossiya Governorate | Новоросси́йская г. | Novorossiyskaya g. | 1764 | 1802 |
| Olonets Governorate | Олонецкая г. | Olonetskaya g. | 1801 | 1922 |
| Orenburg Governorate | Оренбургская г. | Orenburgskaya g. | 1744 | 1928 |
| Oryol Governorate | Орловская г. | Orlovskaya g. | 1796 | 1928 |
| Penza Governorate | Пензенская г. | Penzenskaya g. | 1780 | 1928 |
| Perm Governorate | Пермская г. | Permskaya g. | 1781 | 1923 |
| Piotrków Governorate | Петроковская г. | Petrokovskaya g. | 1867 | 1917 |
| Płock Governorate | Плоцкая г. | Plotskaya g. | 1867 | 1917 |
| Podlasie Governorate | Подлясская г. | Podlyasskaya g. | 1837 | 1844 | Merged into Lublin |
| Podolia Governorate | Подольская г. | Podol'skaya g. | 1793 | 1925 |
| Poltava Governorate | Полтавская г. | Poltavskaya g. | 1802 | 1925 |
| Pskov Governorate | Псковская г. | Pskovskaya g. | 1796 | 1924 |
| Radom Governorate | Радомская г. | Radomskaya g. | 1847 | 1917 |
| Reval Governorate | Ревельская г. | Revel'skaya g. | 1719 | 1796 |
| Riga Governorate | Рижская г. | Rizhskaya g. | 1712 | 1796 |
| Ryazan Governorate | Рязанская г. | Ryazanskaya g. | 1796 | 1929 |
| Samara Governorate | Самарская г. | Samarskaya g. | 1851 | 1928 |
| Saint Petersburg Governorate | Санкт-Петербургская г. | Sankt-Peterburgskaya g. | 1708-12-29 | 1927 |
| Sandomierz Governorate | Сандомирская г. | Sandomirskaya g. | 1837 | 1844 |
| Saratov Governorate | Саратовская г. | Saratovskaya g. | 1780 | 1928 |
| Siberia Governorate | Сибирская г. | Sibirskaya g. | 1708 | 1782 |
| Siedlce Governorate | Седлецкая г. | Sedletskaya g. | 1867 | 1912 |
| Simbirsk Governorate | Симбирская г. | Simbirskaya g. | 1796 | 1928 |
| Sloboda Ukraine Governorate | Слободско-Украинская г. | Slobodsko-Ukrainskaya g. | 1765 | 1835 |
| Smolensk Governorate | Смоленская г. | Smolenskaya g. | 1708-12-29 | 1929 |
| Stavropol Governorate | Ставропольская г. | Stavropolskaya g. | 1847 | 1924 |
| Suwałki Governorate | Сувалкская г. | Suvalkskaya g. | 1867 | 1914 |
| Tambov Governorate | Тамбовская г. | Tambovskaya g. | 1796 | 1928 |
| Taurida Governorate | Таврическая г. | Tavricheskaya g. | 1783 | 1921 |
| Tiflis Governorate | Тифлисская г. | Tiflisskaya g. | 1846 | 1917 |
| Tobolsk Governorate | Тобольская г. | Tobolskaya g. | 1796 | 1919 |
| Tomsk Governorate | Томская г. | Tomskaya g. | 1804 | 1925 |
| Tula Governorate | Тульская г. | Tul'skaya g. | 1796 | 1929 |
| Tver Governorate | Тверская г. | Tverskaya g. | 1796 | 1929 |
| Ufa Governorate | Уфимская г. | Ufimskaya g. | 1865 | 1922 |
| Vilna Governorate | Виленская г. | Vilenskaya g. | 1795 | 1915 |
| Vitebsk Governorate | Витебская г. | Vitebskaya g. | 1802 | 1924 |
| Vladimir Governorate | Владимирская г. | Vladimirskaya g. | 1796 | 1929 |
| Volhynia Governorate | Волынская г. | Volynskaya g. | 1792 | 1925 |
| Vologda Governorate | Вологодская г. | Vologodskaya g. | 1796 | 1929 | Northern Krai |
| Voronezh Governorate | Воронежская г. | Voronezhskaya g. | 1725 | 1928 |
| Vyatka Governorate | Вятская г. | Vyatskaya g. | 1796 | 1929 |
| Vyborg Governorate | Выборгская г. | Vyborgskaya g. | 1744 | 1812 |
| Warsaw Governorate | Варшавская г. | Varshavskaya g. | 1844 | 1917 |
| Yaroslavl Governorate | Ярославская г. | Yaroslavskaya g. | 1777 | 1929 |
| Yekaterinoslav Governorate | Екатеринославская г. | Yekaterinoslavskaya g. | 1802 | 1925 |
| Yeniseysk Governorate | Енисейская г. | Yeniseyskaya g. | 1822-01-26 | 1925 |

## Grand Duchy of Finland

Governorates of the Grand Duchy of Finland during 1831–1917:
* Åbo och Björneborg Governorate (Russian: Або-Бьернеборгская губерния, Swedish: Åbo och Björneborgs län, Finnish: Turun ja Porin lääni)
* Kuopio Governorate (Russian: Куопиоская губерния, Swedish: Kuopio län, Finnish: Kuopion lääni)
* Nikolaistad Governorate (Russian: Николайстадская губерния, Swedish: Nikolaistads län, Finnish: Nikolainkaupunkin lääni)
* Nyland Governorate (Russian: Нюландская губерния, Swedish: Nylands län, Finnish: Uudenmaan lääni)
* St. Michel Governorate (Russian: Санкт-Михельская губерния, Swedish: St. Michels län, Finnish: Mikkelin lääni)
* Tavastehus Governorate (Russian: Тавастгусская губерния, Swedish: Tavastehus län, Finnish: Hämeen lääni)
* Uleåborg Governorate (Russian: Улеаборгская губерния, Swedish: Uleåborgs län, Finnish: Oulun lääni)
* Viborg Governorate (Russian: Выборгская губерния, Swedish: Viborgs län, Finnish: Viipurin lääni)