Kraków Governorate Explained

Native Name:Краковская губерния
Conventional Long Name:Kraków Governorate
Subdivision:Governorate
Nation:Congress Poland
Year Start:1837
Date Start:7 March
Year End:1844
Date End:1 January
P1:Kraków Voivodeship (1816–1837)
S1:Radom Governorate
Capital:Kielce

Kraków Governorate was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of Congress Poland of the Russian Empire.

Kraków Governorate was created from the Kraków Voivodeship by the Tsar's Decree in 7 March 1837. In 1842, it was renamed Kielce Governorate, and then, with the introduction of a new administrative division in Congress Poland in 1 January 1844, Kielce Governorate was merged with Sandomierz Governorate and received the name Radom Governorate.

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