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General Government of Galicia and Bukovina

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General Government of Galicia and Bukovina
Галицийское генерал-губернаторство
Galitsiyskoye General-Gubernatorstvo
1914–1917
Flag of
Flag
Coat of arms of
Coat of arms
The General Government maximum extent during the Great War.
The General Government maximum extent during the Great War.
StatusMilitary administration
CapitalLviv
Common languagesUkrainian and Polish
Ethnic groups
Ukrainians, Poles, Rusyns.
Religion
Orthodox Christianity (official), and Catholicism.
Demonym(s)Galicians
GovernmentMilitary government
Governor 
• 5 September 1914 – 14 July 1915
Georgiy Bobrinsky
• 4 October 1916 – 31 May 1917
Fyodor Trepov
• 22 April 1917 – 2 August 1917
Dmytro Doroshenko
Historical eraWorld War I
• Russian victory in the Battle of Galicia
18 September 1914
2 May – 22 June 1915
14 July 1915
• Abolition
15 August 1917
Population
• 1910
8,025,675 (the whole Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria)
CurrencyRussian ruble and Austro-Hungarian krone
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria
Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria
Today part of Poland
 Ukraine
 Romania

The General Government of Galicia and Bukovina (Russian: Галицийское генерал-губернаторство) was a temporary Imperial Russian military administration of eastern parts of the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria captured from Austria-Hungary during World War I.

The administration was established after the Russian victory in the Battle of Galicia, led by the commander-in-chief Nikolai Ivanov in the late summer of 1914. It did not last long, and by mid-1915 Russians retreated after the Gorlice–Tarnów offensive led by the Central Powers overall commander August von Mackensen. During the later stages of the war, the Russian forces tried to reclaim the territory during the Brusilov and the Kerensky offensive. Even if de facto, it ceased to function after the Great Retreat in 1915, it was not formally abolished until 1917.

Military governors and krai commissars

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Administrative division

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There were four governments (guberniya) that were divided into counties (uyezdy, locally - powiats).

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  • Талергофский Альманах [Talerhof Almanac] (in Russian). ukrstor.com. Archived from the original on 6 January 2013: in 4 volumes - 1914-1915; 1925; 1930; 1932{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
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