Область Войска Донского
The government was created in 1802 out of the Yekaterinoslav vice-regency. It is located within the former lands of Zaporizhian Sich. The governorate bordered to the north with the Kharkov Governorate and Poltava Governorate, to the west and southwest with the Kherson Governorate, to the south with the Taurida Governorate and Sea of Azov, and to the east with Don Host Oblast.