Vologda Viceroyalty

Vologda Viceroyalty Волого́дское наме́стничество
Viceroyalty of Russian Empire
1780–1796
Map of the governorate in 1792
Capital		Vologda
History
•	Established	February 5 [O.S. January 25] 1780
•	Disestablished	December 23 [O.S. December 12] 1796

Coordinates: 59°12′54″N 39°52′37″E / 59.215°N 39.877°E / 59.215; 39.877

Vologda Viceroyalty (Russian: Волого́дское наме́стничество) was an administrative division (a namestnichestvo) of the Russian Empire, which existed in 1780–1796. The seat of the Viceroyalty was located in Vologda.

The viceroyalty was established by a decree (ukase) of Catherine II on February 5 [O.S. January 25], 1780. It was subdivided into three oblasts: Vologda, Veliky Ustyug, and Arkhangelsk. The predecessor of Vologda Viceroyalty was Archangelgorod Governorate with the seat in Arkhangelsk.

As with most of other governorates and viceroyalties established in the 1770s–1780s, the establishment of Vologda Viceroyalty was a part of the reform attempting to have a tighter control of local matters by the Russian autocracy. The reform, in turn, was facilitated by the Pugachev's Rebellion of 1774–1775.

On March 26, 1784 Arkhangelsk Oblast was split off and established as Arkhangelsk Viceroyalty.

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