Caucasus Governorate [SEP] dissolved or abolished
Caucasus Governorate
Caucasus Governorate (, "Kavkazskaya guberniya") was an administrative division (a "guberniya") of the Russian Empire, which existed from 1802 until 1822. Its seat was located in Georgiyevsk. The governorate was located in the south of the European part of the Russian Empire. In 1822, the governorate was abolished and transformed into Caucasus Oblast, with the administrative center in Stavropol.
History.
Russian colonization of the Northern Caucasus started in the 1770s. In 1785, Caucasus Viceroyalty was established.
February Revolution, which dispossessed Tsar Nicholas II of the Russian crown, the Viceroyalty of the Caucasus was abolished by the Russian Provisional Government on March 18, 1917, and all authority, except in the zone of the active army, was entrusted to the civil administrative body called the Special Transcaucasian Committee or "Ozakom" (short for "Osobyy Zakavkazskiy Komitet", Особый Закавказский Комитет).
Governorates and Oblasts in 1917.
- Governorates:
- Baku Governorate
- Black Sea Governorate
- Elizavetpol Governorate
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