Caucasus Viceroyalty (1785–1796)

Caucasus Viceroyalty Кавказское наместничество
Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire
1785–1796
Capital	Yekaterinograd
• Type	Viceroyalty
History
• Established	1785
• Disestablished	1796
Preceded by Succeeded by Taurida Oblast Astrakhan Governorate Astrakhan Governorate

The Caucasus Viceroyalty (Russian: Кавказское наместничество) was established in 1785 by Catherine the Great by combining the Astrakhan Governorate and the Caucasus Governorate.[1] It was abolished by Paul I in 1796.[2]

Viceroys

The five viceroys or heads of the viceroyalty were:^[citation needed]

time	name	life span
1785–1787	Pavel Sergeevich Potemkin	1743–1796
1787–1789	Pyotr Abramovich Tekelli	1720−1793
1789–1790	Ivan Petrovich Saltykov	1730–1805
1790	Anton Bogdanovich de Balmen	1741–1790
1790–1796, 1796–1798, 1806–1809	Ivan Vasilyevich Gudovich	1741–1820

References

1. Blauvelt, Timothy K. (12 March 2020). The Caucasus in the Russian Empire. Routledge Handbooks Online. p. 108. doi:10.4324/9781351055628-7. ISBN 978-1-138-48318-7.
2. Blauvelt, Timothy K. (12 March 2020). The Caucasus in the Russian Empire. Routledge Handbooks Online. p. 112. doi:10.4324/9781351055628-7. ISBN 978-1-138-48318-7.