Category: Congress Poland
Categories: Projekt Polska | Poland Project | Russian Empire | Former Countries in Europe
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- 1877 Gazetteer Vol1 Download A-O & 1877 Gazetteer Vol2 Download N-Z
- Timeline:
- Congress Poland or Russian Poland, formally known as the Kingdom of Poland, was a polity created in 1815 by the Congress of Vienna as a sovereign Polish state.
- 1816-1837: On January 16, 1816, the areas of administrative jurisdiction were reformed from the departments of the Duchy of Warsaw into the more traditionally Polish voivodeships, obwóds and powiats. Eight voivodeships were created.
- 1837-1842: On 7 March 1837 the voivodeships were reorganised as eight guberniyas (governorates).
- 1842-1844: In 1842 the Polish powiats were renamed to okręgs and the Polish obwóds were renamed powiats.
- 1844-1867: In 1844 several governorates were merged with others, and some others renamed. Five governorates remained.
- 1867-1893: The 1867 reform, initiated after the failure of the January Uprising, was designed to tie Congress Poland (now de facto the Vistulan Country) more tightly to the administration structure of the Russian Empire. It divided larger governorates into smaller ones. A new lower level entity, gmina, was introduced. This time ten governorates were formed.
- 1893-1912: A minor reform of 1893 transferred some territory from the Plotsk and Lomzha Governorates to the Warsaw Governorate.
- 1912-1919: The 1912 reform created a new governorate – Kholm Governorate – from parts of the Sedlets and Lublin Governorates. However this was split off from the Vistulan Country and made part of the Southwestern Krai of the Russian Empire.
- 1915: Congress Poland was lost to Germany during World War I.
- 1917-1918: Kingdom of Poland (1917-1918)
- 1918: Poland regained independence and borders redrawn into the Second Polish Republic.
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