Vilna Governorate-General

It primarily encompassed the Vilna, Grodno, and Kovno Governorates.

Governors General were also commanders of the Vilna Military District.

According to the Russian Empire Census, the Governorate-General had 4,754,000 residents in 1897.

[1] The Governorate-General was established in November 1794 when territories of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania were incorporated into the Russian Empire following the Third Partition of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

The core of the Governorate-General was the present-day territory of Lithuania and western Belarus.

Map of the six governorates of the Northwestern Krai – three western governorates constituted Vilna Governorate-General