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Northwestern Krai of the Russian Empire

Northwestern Krai (Russian: Северо-Западный край) was a krai of the Russian Empire (unofficial subdivision) in the territories of the former Grand Duchy of Lithuania (present-day Belarus and Lithuania). The administrative center was in Vilna (now Vilnius). Northwestern Krai together with the Southwestern Krai, which was composed of the territories formerly belonging to the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland (now present-day Ukraine), formed the Western Krai.

It included six Governorates:

  • Vilna Governorate-General:
    • Vilna Governorate
    • Kovno Governorate
    • Grodno Governorate
  • Minsk Governorate
  • Mogilev Governorate
  • Vitebsk Governorate

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Northwestern Krai

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Northwestern Krai (Russian: Северо-Западный край) was a krai of the Russian Empire (unofficial subdivision) in the territories of the former Grand Duchy...

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Krais of the Russian Empire

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these krais were: Caucasus Krai Turkestan Krai Privislinsky Krai Uriankhaisky Krai Western Krai Northwestern Krai Southwestern Krai Krais of Russia v t e...

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Western Krai

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administrative subdivision (Krai) of Russia but was a common name for two such subdivisions: Northwestern Krai and Southwestern Krai. The territory consisted...

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Grodno Governorate

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Governorate was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of the Northwestern Krai of the Russian Empire, with its capital in Grodno. It encompassed...

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Russian Social Democratic Labour Party

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was a socialist political party founded in 1898 in Minsk (then in Northwestern Krai of the Russian Empire, present-day Belarus). Formed to unite the various...

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Southwestern Krai

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Vladimir Sukhomlinov December 18, 1908 - 1914 Fyodor Trepov Northwestern Krai Western Krai November Uprising Law about Zemstvos in the western governorates...

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Northwestern

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Province, Zambia, one of Zambia's ten provinces Northwestern Federal District, Russia Northwestern Krai, a subdivision of Imperial Russia North-Western...

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Kovno Governorate

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on 1 July 1843. It was part of the Vilna Governorate-General and Northwestern Krai. The governorate included almost the entire Lithuanian region of Samogitia...

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Belarusians

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use of the word Belarus in 1839, replacing it with the designation Northwestern Krai. Due to the ban, various different names were used for naming the...

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Mogilev Governorate

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Governorate was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of the Northwestern Krai of the Russian Empire. The governorate bordered the Vitebsk Governorate...

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Vilna Governorate

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The Vilna Governorate was a province (guberniya) of the Northwestern Krai of the Russian Empire. In 1897, the governorate covered an area of 41,907.9...

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Petrovichi

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governorate, historically Belarusian land, was a part of the Empire's Northwestern Krai. Petrovichi's population was half Jewish, half Belarusian. It had...

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Pyotr Stolypin

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his life and career in Lithuania, then administratively known as Northwestern Krai of the Russian Empire. From 1869, Stolypin spent his childhood years...

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Pale of Settlement

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of Catherine the Great of December 23, 1791 limited the Pale to: Western Krai: Mogilev Governorate Polotsk Governorate (later reorganized into Vitebsk...

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Lithuania

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institutions and made Lithuania part of a new administrative region called Northwestern Krai. The Russification failed, owing to an extensive network of Lithuanian...

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Vitebsk Governorate

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Vilna, Kovno, Grodno, Minsk, and Mogilev Governorates, it formed the Northwestern Krai. The provincial city was Vitebsk, the largest city was Dvinsk. On...

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Vilnius County

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Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. In the Russian Empire it belonged to the Northwestern Krai and approximately corresponded to its Vilna Governorate (as of 1843)...

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Lithuanians in Russia

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a considerable number of Lithuanian refugees (among others) from Northwestern Krai and Suvalki Governorate fled into the interior of Russia. There were...

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Russian Partition

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guberniyas: six Belarusian and Lithuanian ones that constituted the Northwestern Krai (Vilna Governorate, Kovno Governorate, Grodno Governorate, Minsk Governorate...

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Ethnographic Lithuania

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the historical times consists of the Lithuanian gubernyas of the Northwestern Krai: Vilna Governorate, Kovno Governorate and Grodno Governorate, part...

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Vilnius Land Bank

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Lithuania. It was a private joint-stock mortgage bank serving the Northwestern Krai of the Russian Empire. Its mission was to provide loans collateralized...

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List of UTC offsets

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Krasnoyarsk Time Siberian Federal District Altai Krai Altai Republic Kemerovo Oblast Khakassia Krasnoyarsk Krai Novosibirsk Oblast Tomsk Oblast Tuva Thailand...

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Administrative divisions of Lithuania

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territory of the former Grand Duchy of Lithuania became known as the Northwestern Krai. In 1843 another administrative reform took place, creating Kovno...

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Economic regions of Russia

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Jewish Autonomous Oblast Kamchatka Krai Khabarovsk Krai Magadan Oblast Primorsky Krai Sakha Sakhalin Oblast Zabaykalsky Krai Kaliningrad (Калининградский,...

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Yanka Kupala

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Belarusian in the Russophone Belarusian newspaper Severo-Zapadnyi Krai (Northwestern Krai) on May 11, 1905. A number of subsequent poems by Kupala appeared...

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Lithuanian book smugglers

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Alexander II issued Temporary Rules for State Junior Schools of the Northwestern Krai, ruling that only Russian-language education would be allowed there...

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History of Belarus

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part of Imperial Russia and its guberniyas constituted part of the Northwestern Krai. The anti-Russian uprisings of the gentry in 1830 and 1863 were subdued...

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Belarusian history in the Russian Empire

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and the Belarusian guberniyas eventually constituted part of the Northwestern Krai. Initially, most of the Polish feudal system was retained in Belarusian...

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