Voronezh Governorate
Voronezh Governorate (, "Voronezhskaya guberniya"; ) was an administrative division (a "guberniya") of the Tsardom of Russia, the Russian Empire, and the early Russian SFSR, which existed from 1708 (as "Azov Governorate") until 1779 and from 1796 until 1928. Its seat was located in Voronezh since 1725.