Vologda Viceroyalty [SEP] dissolved or abolished
Vologda Viceroyalty
Vologda Viceroyalty () was an administrative division (a "namestnichestvo") of the Russian Empire, which existed in 1780–1796. The seat of the Viceroyalty was located in Vologda.
The viceroyalty was established by a decree ("ukase") of Catherine II on , 1780. It was subdivided into three oblasts: Vologda, Veliky Ustyug, and Arkhangelsk. The predecessor of Vologda Viceroyalty was Archangelgorod Governorate with the seat in Arkhangelsk.
As with most of other governorates and viceroyalties established in the 1770s–1780s,
the governorate was limited by the White and Barents Seas.
The area of the governorate is currently split between Arkhangelsk and Murmansk Oblasts, the Komi Republic, the Republic of Karelia, and the Nenets Autonomous Okrug.
History.
In 1780, the Archangelgorod Governorate, with its center in Arkhangelsk, was abolished and transformed into the Vologda Viceroyalty. The viceroyalty was subdivided into three oblasts: Vologda, Veliky Ustyug, and Arkhangelsk. On 26 March 1784, the Arkhangelsk Oblast was split off and formed into the Arkhangelsk Viceroyalty