Complex sentence: In the process of the Catherine's reform started by November 7,1775 edict, the new unit namestnichestvo (viceroyalty) was introduced and from 1781 to 1796 the Kiev Governorate was briefly transformed into the eponymous Kiev Viceroyalty "(Kievskoye namestnichestvo)".
Split into simpler sentences: In the process of the Catherine's reform initiated by November 7,1775 edict, the new administrative unit namestnichestvo (viceroyalty) was introduced. In 1781 the Kiev Governorate was transformed into the Kiev Viceroyalty "(Kievskoye namestnichestvo)".