Kiev Governorate (1708–1764)
DIVISION OF THE RUSSIAN TSARDOM THEN EMPIRE
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Kiev Governorate (pre-reform Russian: , ), or the Government of Kiev, was an administrative division (a guberniya) of the Tsardom of Russia and then the Russian Empire. The government was established in December 1708 as one of the eight guberniyas first created during the reforms of Peter the Great.