Common Name: | Ufa Viceroyalty |
Capital: | Ufa |
Year Start: | 1781 |
Year End: | 1796[1] |
Era: | 18th Century |
Government Type: | Absolute Monarchy |
Today: | Russia |
Conventional Long Name: | Ufa Viceroyalty |
Event Start: | Creation of Ufa Viceroyalty |
Date Start: | 23 December [O.S.] |
Event End: | Dissolution, renamed Orenburg Governorate |
Date End: | 12 December [O.S.] |
The Ufa Viceroyalty (ru|Уфа Наместничество) was a viceroyalty of the Russian Empire, with the largest city being Ufa.
The viceroyalty was created in 1781 which form the lands now known as the Republic of Bashkortostan,[2] a republic within Russia. However, in 1796, the Ufa Viceroyalty was renamed to the Orenburg Governorate. It contained the administrative division of Sterlitamaksky Uyzeyd.