The Yekaterinoslav Viceroyalty was an administrative-territorial unit (namestnichestvo) of the Russian Empire, which was created on 26 March 1783 by merging Novorossiya Governorate and Azov Governorate. On 31 December 1796, it was incorporated into re-established Novorossiya Governorate.
Composition
The Viceroyalty was divided into counties known as uyezds. There were around 15 counties. Former Novorossiysk Governorate • Poltava Province • Kremenchuk county (capital) • Kobelyaki county (previously Novye Sanzhary county) • Poltava county • Yelizavetgrad Province • Yelizavetgrad county • Olviopol county (previously Yekaterinine county) • Petrikovka county (previously Kryukov county) • Nikopol Province (previously Slaviansk Province) • Krivoy Rog county (previously Ingul county) • Nikopol county (previously Slaviansk county) • Novye Kodaki county (previously Saksangan county) • Kherson Province • Kazykermen county • Novopavlovka county • Kherson county Former Azov Governorate (II) • Bakhmut county • Aleksandrovsk county (New Dnieper fortification line and portion of Kalmius Palatinate) • Yekaterinine county (Samar Palatinate) • Marienpol county • Natalkov county • Pavlov county (main part of Kalmius Palatinate) • Taganrog county • Tor county • Tsarychan county (Orel and Protovcha palatinates and Donets pikers regiment) == Viceroyalty governors ==