Kiev Viceroyalty

Kiev Viceroyalty Киевское наместничество
Viceroyalty of Russian Empire
1781–1796
Coat of arms
Kiev Viceroyalty map from 1792
Capital	Kiev
History
• Established	November 7 1781
• Disestablished	November 30 1796
Political subdivisions	uyezds: 11 okrugs: 10 (from 1791)
Preceded by Succeeded by Kiev Governorate (1708–1764) Little Russia Governorate (1764–1781) Kiev Governorate Little Russia Governorate (1796–1802)

Kiev Viceroyalty (Russian: Киевское наместничество, romanized: Kiyevskoye namestnichestvo) was an administrative-territorial unit (namestnichestvo) of the Russian Empire, which existed in 1781–1796. It was created in the process of Catherine's reforms initiated by edict of November 7, 1775.