| Warsaw Governorate Варшавская губерния Gubernia warszawska | |||||||||
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| Governorate of Congress Poland | |||||||||
| 1844–1915 | |||||||||
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 Location in the Russian Empire | |||||||||
| Capital | Warsaw | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
• | 17,479.7 km2 (6,748.9 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1897 [1] | 1,983,689 | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1844 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1915 | ||||||||
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Warsaw Governorate [a] was an administrative-territorial unit ( guberniya ) of Congress Poland of the Russian Empire.
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It was created in 1844 from the Masovia and Kalisz Governorates, and had the capital in Warsaw. In 1867 territories of the Warsaw Governorate were divided into three smaller governorates: a smaller Warsaw Governorate, Piotrków Governorate and the recreated Kalisz Governorate.
A small reform in 1893 increased the Warsaw Governorate's size with territories split from Płock and Łomża governorates.
