General Government of Galicia and Bukovina

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

Further information: Russian occupation of Eastern Galicia (1914–1915)

General Government of Galicia and Bukovina Галицийское генерал-губернаторство
1914–1917
Flag Coat of arms
Russian Empire   The General Government
Status	Military administration
Capital	Lvov (Lviv)
Common languages	Ukrainian, Polish
Ethnic groups	Ukrainians, Poles, Rusyns, Romanians, Hutsuls, Germans, Jews
Religion	Eastern Orthodoxy (official) Catholicism
Demonym(s)	Galicians
Government	Military 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 era	World War I
• Russian victory in the Battle of Galicia	18 September 1914
• Gorlice–Tarnów offensive	2 May – 22 June 1915
• Russian retreat from Galicia	14 July 1915
• Abolition	15 August 1917
Population
• 1910	8,025,675 (the whole Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria)
Currency	Russian 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 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, the Russians retreated after the Gorlice–Tarnów offensive led by the Central Powers overall commander August von Mackensen. During the later stages of the war, Russian forces tried to reclaim the territory during the Brusilov and the Kerensky offensives. Although it de facto ceased to function after the Great Retreat in 1915, it was not formally abolished until 1917.

Military governors and krai commissars

• 5 September 1914 – 14 July 1915: Georgiy Bobrinsky
• 4 October 1916 – 31 May 1917: Fyodor Trepov, administrator of the governments of Ternopol and Chernovtsy
• 22 April – 2 August 1917: Dmytro Doroshenko, krai commissar of the Russian Provisional Government

Administrative divisions

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

• Lvov Governorate
• Ternopol Governorate
• Chernovtsy Governorate
• Peremyshl Governorate

External links

• World War I. Talerhof
• 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)
• Bakhturin, A. Yu. (2000). Политика Российской Империи в Восточной Галиции в годы Первой Мировой войны [The Politics of the Russian Empire in Eastern Galicia during the First World War] (in Russian). Archived from the original (DJVU) on 4 December 2013 – via malorus.ru/mnib.
• Oskin, M. Battle of Galicia. August 1914