Rejea kifungu cha chini na kisha jibu swali baadaye katika lugha sawa na kifungu:  Passage: A governorate, au a guberniya (Russian: губе́рния, IPA: [ɡʊˈbjɛrnjɪjə]; also romanized gubernia, guberniia, gubernya), was a major and principal administrative subdivision of the Russian Empire and the early Russian SFSR and Ukrainian SSR. A governorate, or a guberniya (Russian: губе́рния, IPA: [ɡʊˈbjɛrnjɪjə]; also romanized gubernia, guberniia, guberniia, gubernya), was a major and principal administrative subdivision of the Russian Empire and the early Russian SFSR and Ukrainian SSR. Kwa kawaida neno hilo hutafsiriwa kuwa serikali, wilaya, au jimbo. Gavana alitawaliwa na gavana (губернатор, gubernator), neno lililokopwa kutoka kwa gavana wa Kilatini, kwa upande wake kutoka kwa kybernetes ya Kigiriki. Nyakati nyingine neno guberniya lilitumiwa kwa njia isiyo rasmi ili kurejelea ofisi ya gavana.  Swali: Gavana alikuwa na daraka gani katika Urusi ya kale?
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