Georgia-Imeretia Governorate

The Georgia-Imeretia Governorate (Russian: Грузино-Имеретинская губерния) was a short-lived governorate (guberniya) of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire, administered from Tiflis (Tbilisi). Roughly corresponding to modern Georgia and parts of Armenia and Azerbaijan, it was created in 1840 from the territory of the Georgia Governorate and the oblasts of Imeretia and Armenia.

Georgia-Imeretia Governorate

Грузино-Имеретинская губерния
Coat of arms
CountryRussia
Political statusGovernorate
RegionCaucasus
Established1840
Abolished1846

In 1846 the Imperial administration of the Caucasus was reorganized and the Georgia-Imeretia Governorate was abolished, with its territory forming the new governorates of Tiflis and Kutais.

Administrative divisions

At its creation the Georgia-Imeretia Governorate contained eight uyezds:

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