Bratslav Viceroyalty Explained

Native Name:Брацлавское наместничество (Bratslavskoye namestnichestvo)
Conventional Long Name:Bratslav Viceroyalty
Common Name:Bratslav
Subdivision:Viceroyalty
Nation:the Russian Empire
Year Start:1793
Event Start:Second Partition of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
Event End:Abolished
Year End:1796
P1:Podolian Voivodeship
P2:Bracław Voivodeship
S1:Podolian Governorate
S2:Kiev Governorate
Image Map Caption:Bratslav Viceroyalty, 1796
Capital:Bratslav

The Bratslav Viceroyalty (Russian: Брацлавское наместничество) was within the Russian Empire that existed between 1793 and 1796.

History

The territory of the Bratslav Viceroyalty was previously part of the Bracław and Podolian Voivodeships of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.[1] The Bracław Voivodeship was created in 1566 as part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and was passed to the Crown of Poland in 1569. After the Second Partition of Poland in 1793, the voivodeship was incorporated into the Russian Empire and was replaced by the Bratslav Governate on .[2] By Imperial decree it was designated the Bratslav Viceroyalty on, consisting of thirteen districts, or uyezds, with the city of Bratslav as its initial administrative centre, though this was transferred to Vinnytsia in 1795.[3] On, shortly after his ascension to the throne, Emperor Paul I ordered the liquidation of the viceroyalty as part of wider administrative reforms.[4] The territory was divided between the Podolian Governorate, which received nine uyezds; Bratslavsky, Vinnitsky, Litinsky, Bershadsky, Gaysinsky, Yampolsky, Mogilyovsky, Tulchinsky and Khmelnitsky; and Kiev Governorate receiving four; Makhnovsky, Skvirsky, Lipovetsky and .[5]

References

  1. Book: Ponomarov, A. P.. Украинцы. 2000. Nauka. ru. 9785020086692. 32.
  2. Web site: Russian Empire History, Facts, Flag, Expansion, & Map. 2021-08-11. Encyclopedia Britannica. en.
  3. Book: Problemy pravovedenii︠a︡. 1982. Vyshcha shkola. 43. ru. 27.
  4. Book: Vinogradov, A. G. . Население России и СССР с древнейших времен до наших дней Демография. 2015. WP IPGEB. ru. 122.
  5. Web site: Брацлавская Губерная. 12 August 2021. Great Russian Encyclopedia. ru.