Podlasie Governorate
Podlasie Governorate[lower-alpha 1] was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of Congress Poland of the Russian Empire.
| Podlasie Governorate Подлясская губерния | |||||||||
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| Governorate of Congress Poland | |||||||||
| 1837–1844 | |||||||||
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| Capital | Siedlce | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1837 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1844 | ||||||||
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It was created in 1837 from the Podlasie Voivodeship with its capital in Siedlce. In 1844 it was merged into a larger Lublin Governorate; in 1867 it was recreated as Siedlce Governorate.
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