Novgorod Viceroyalty
| Novgorod Viceroyalty Новгоро́дское наме́стничество |
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| Viceroyalty of Russian Empire | |||||
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| Capital | Novgorod | ||||
| History | |||||
| • | Established | September 5 [O.S. August 24] 1776 | |||
| • | Disestablished | December 23 [O.S. December 12] 1796 | |||
Coordinates: 58°33′N 31°17′E / 58.550°N 31.283°E
Novgorod Viceroyalty (Russian: Новгоро́дское наме́стничество) was an administrative division (a namestnichestvo) of the Russian Empire, which existed in 1776–1796. The seat of the Viceroyalty was located in Novgorod.
The viceroyalty was established by a decree (ukase) of Catherine II on September 5 [O.S. August 24], 1776. It was subdivided into two oblasts: Novgorod and Olonets Oblast. The predecessor of Novgorod Viceroyalty was Novgorod Governorate with the seat in Novgorod. Tver Province which belonged to Novgorod Governorate, was transformed into Tver Viceroyalty, and the rest of the governorate became Novgorod Viceroyalty. Novgorod Oblast included ten uyezds, and, in particular, Kresttsy and Kirillov were chartered to become uyezd towns. Olonets Oblast included five uyezds, and Petrozavodsk was chartered in 1777.
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