Caucasus Viceroyalty (1785–1796)

The Caucasus Viceroyalty (Russian: Кавказское наместничество) was established in 1785 by Catherine the Great by combining the Astrakhan Governorate and the Caucasus Governorate.^[1] It was abolished by Paul I in 1796.^[2]

Caucasus Viceroyalty Кавказское наместничество
Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire
1785–1796
Capital	Yekaterinograd
• Type	Viceroyalty
History
• Established	1785
• Disestablished	1796
Preceded by Succeeded by Taurida Oblast Astrakhan Governorate Astrakhan Governorate

Viceroys

The five viceroys or heads of the viceroyalty were:^{[citation needed]}

time	name	life span
1785–1787	Pavel Sergeevich Potemkin	1743–1796
1787–1789	Pyotr Abramovich Tekelli	1720−1793
1789–1790	Ivan Petrovich Saltykov	1730–1805
1790	Anton Bogdanovich de Balmen	1741–1790
1790–1796, 1796–1798, 1806–1809	Ivan Vasilyevich Gudovich	1741–1820