{"id":905573,"date":"2009-11-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/archives.gov.by\/en\/?page_id=905573"},"modified":"2020-06-15T11:55:49","modified_gmt":"2020-06-15T08:55:49","slug":"the-main-administrative-units-of-belarus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/en\/welcome-to-the-archives-of-belarus-website\/genealogy-family-history\/the-main-administrative-units-of-belarus","title":{"rendered":"The main administrative units of Belarus"},"content":{"rendered":"<font color=\"#003366\">(within the boundaries of the Republic of Belarus)<\/font>\r\n\r\n<p align=\"center\"><b><font size=\"3\">Voevodstvos (voivodeships, provinces)<\/font><\/b><\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n  <li><b>Bialystok<\/b> (1919-1939) <sup><a href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#belostok\">[1]<\/a> <\/sup><\/li>\r\n  <li><b>Berestie (Brest) <\/b>(1565-1795) <sup><a href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#berest1\">[1]<\/a> <\/sup><\/li>\r\n  <li><b>Vilno <\/b><strong>(Vilnius)<\/strong> (1413-1795, 1925-1939) <sup><a\r\n    href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#vil1\">[1]<\/a> <a href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#vil2\">[2]<\/a> <a\r\n    href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#vil3\">[3]<\/a> <a href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#vil4\">[4]<\/a><\/sup> <\/li>\r\n  <li><b>Vitebsk<\/b> (1511-1794) <sup><a href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#viteb1\">[1]<\/a> <a\r\n    href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#viteb2\">[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\r\n  <li><b>Grodno<\/b> (1793-1795) <sup><a href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#grodno\">[1]<\/a> <\/sup><\/li>\r\n  <li><b>Kiev <\/b>(1471-1793*) <sup><a href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#kiev\">[1]<\/a> <\/sup><\/li>\r\n  <li><b>Mensk (Minsk) <\/b>(1565-1793) <sup><a href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#mensk\">[1]<\/a> <\/sup><\/li>\r\n  <li><b>Mstislavl<\/b> (1565-1772) <sup><a href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#mstislav\">[1]<\/a> <\/sup><\/li>\r\n  <li><b>Novogorodek (Novogrudok) <\/b>(1507-1795) <sup><a href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#novogor1\">[1]<\/a>\r\n    <a href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#novogor2\">[2]<\/a> <a href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#novogor3\">[3]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\r\n  <li><b>Novogrudok<\/b> (1921-1939) <sup><a href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#novogr\">[1]<\/a> <\/sup><\/li>\r\n  <li><b>Podlasie-Berestie<\/b> <b>(Podlaskie)<\/b> (1513-1565*) <sup><a\r\n    href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#podl\">[1]<\/a> <\/sup><\/li>\r\n  <li><b>Polesie <\/b>(1921-1939) <sup><a href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#poles\">[1]<\/a> <\/sup><\/li>\r\n  <li><b>Polotsk<\/b> (1504-1793) <sup><a href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#polosk1\">[1]<\/a> <a\r\n    href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#polosk2\">[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\r\n  <li><b>Troki <\/b>(1413-1795) <sup><a href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#trok1\">[1]<\/a> <a\r\n    href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#trok2\">[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<p align=\"center\"><b><font size=\"3\">Gubernias (governorates, provinces)<\/font><\/b><\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n  <li><b>Bela<\/b><strong>rus<\/strong> (1796-1802) <sup><a href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#bel\">[1]<\/a>\r\n    <\/sup><\/li>\r\n  <li><b>Vilno <\/b><strong>(Vilnius)<\/strong> (1795-1797, 1801-1920) <sup><a\r\n    href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#vilen1\">[1]<\/a> <a href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#vilen2\">[2]<\/a> <a\r\n    href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#vilen3\">[3]<\/a> <a href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#vilen4\">[4]<\/a> <a\r\n    href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#vilen5\">[5]<\/a> <a href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#vilen6\">[6]<\/a> <a\r\n    href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#vilen7\">[7]<\/a> <a href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#vilen8\">[8]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\r\n  <li><b>Vitebsk<\/b> (1802-1924) <sup><a href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#vit1\">[1]<\/a> <a\r\n    href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#vit2\">[2]<\/a> <a href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#vit3\">[3]<\/a> <a\r\n    href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#vit4\">[4]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\r\n  <li><b>Gomel<\/b> (1919-1926) <sup><a href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#gom1\">[1]<\/a> <a\r\n    href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#gom2\">[2]<\/a> <a href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#gom3\">[3]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\r\n  <li><b>Grodno<\/b> (1802-1921) <sup><a href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#grod1\">[1]<\/a> <a\r\n    href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#grod2\">[2]<\/a> <a href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#grod3\">[3]<\/a> <a\r\n    href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#grod4\">[4]<\/a> <a href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#grod5\">[5]<\/a> <a\r\n    href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#grod6\">[6]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\r\n  <li><b>Kovno (Kaunas)<\/b> (1843-1919) <sup><a href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#koven1\">[1]<\/a> <a\r\n    href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#koven2\">[2]<\/a> <a href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#koven3\">[3]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\r\n  <li><b>Lithuania<\/b> (1797-1801) <sup><a href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#lit\">[1]<\/a> <\/sup><\/li>\r\n  <li><b>Minsk<\/b> (1793-1921) <sup><a href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#min1\">[1]<\/a> <a\r\n    href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#min2\">[2]<\/a> <a href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#min3\">[3]<\/a> <a\r\n    href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#min4\">[4]<\/a> <a href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#min5\">[5]<\/a> <a\r\n    href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#min6\">[6]<\/a> <a href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#min7\">[7]<\/a> <a\r\n    href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#min8\">[8]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\r\n  <li><b>Mogilev<\/b> (1772-1796 \u0438 1802-1919) <sup><a href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#mog1\">[1]<\/a> <a\r\n    href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#mog2\">[2]<\/a> <a href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#mog3\">[3]<\/a> <a\r\n    href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#mog4\">[4]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\r\n  <li><b>Polotsk<\/b> (1776-1796) <sup><a href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#pol1\">[1]<\/a> <a\r\n    href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#pol2\">[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\r\n  <li><b>Pskov<\/b> (1772-1776**) <sup><a href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#pskov1\">[1]<\/a> <a\r\n    href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#pskov2\">[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\r\n  <li><b>Slonim <\/b>(1795-1797, 1801) <sup><a href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#slonim1\">[1]<\/a> <a\r\n    href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#slonim2\">[2]<\/a> <a href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#slonim3\">[3]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\r\n  <li><b>Smolensk <\/b>(1918-1924***) <sup><a href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#smol1\">[1]<\/a> <a\r\n    href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#smol2\">[2]<\/a> <a href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#smol3\">[3]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><font size=\"3\">Okrugs (areas, districts)<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n  <li><b>Bobruisk <\/b>(17.07.1924 &#8211; 26.07.1930) <sup><a href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#bobr\">[1]<\/a>\r\n    <\/sup><\/li>\r\n  <li><b>Borisov <\/b>(17.07.1924 &#8211; 12.04.1927) <sup><a href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#boris1\">[1]<\/a>\r\n    <a href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#boris2\">[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\r\n  <li><b>Vitebsk <\/b>(17.07.1924 &#8211; 26.07.1930) <sup><a href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#v\">[1]<\/a> <\/sup><\/li>\r\n  <li><b>Gomel <\/b>(8.12.1926 &#8211; 26.07.1930) <sup><a href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#g\">[1]<\/a> <\/sup><\/li>\r\n  <li><b>Kalinin <\/b>(17.07.1924 &#8211; 9.06.1927) <sup><a href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#kalin1\">[1]<\/a>\r\n    <a href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#kalin2\">[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\r\n  <li><b>Lepel <\/b>(21.06.1935 &#8211; 20.02.1938) <sup><a href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#lep\">[1]<\/a> <\/sup><\/li>\r\n  <li><b>Mogilev <\/b>(17.07.1924 &#8211; 26.07.1930) <sup><a href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#m\">[1]<\/a> <\/sup><\/li>\r\n  <li><b>Mozyr <\/b>(17.07.1924 &#8211; 26.07.1930 and 21.06.1935 &#8211; 20.02.1938) <sup><a\r\n    href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#moz1\">[1]<\/a> <a href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#moz2\">[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\r\n  <li><b>Minsk <\/b>(17.07.1924 &#8211; 26.07.1930) <sup><a href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#mi\">[1]<\/a> <\/sup><\/li>\r\n  <li><b>Orsha <\/b>(17.07.1924 &#8211; 26.07.1930) <sup><a href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#orsa\">[1]<\/a> <\/sup><\/li>\r\n  <li><b>Polotsk <\/b>(17.07.1924 &#8211; 26.07.1930 and 21.06.1935 &#8211; 20.02.1938) <sup><a\r\n    href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#polo1\">[1]<\/a> <a href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#polo2\">[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\r\n  <li><b>Rechitsa<\/b> (8.12.1926 &#8211; 9.06.1927) <sup><a href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#res1\">[1]<\/a> <a\r\n    href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#res2\">[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\r\n  <li><b>Slutsk <\/b>(17.07.1924 &#8211; 12.04.1927 and 21.06.1935 &#8211; 20.02.1938) <sup><a\r\n    href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#slutsk1\">[1]<\/a> <a href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#slutsk2\">[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<p align=\"center\"><b><font size=\"3\">Oblasts (regions)<\/font><\/b><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>in<font color=\"#000000\"> the Russian Empire, t<\/font>he Russian Republic (1917), and\r\nthe Russian Soviet Federal Socialist Republic (RSFSR): \r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n  <li><b>Bialystok<i> <\/i><\/b>(1808-1842) <sup><a href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#be\">[1]<\/a> <\/sup><\/li>\r\n  <li><b>Western<\/b> (1917-1918) <sup><a href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#zapad\">[1]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<p>in the Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic (BSSR) and the Republic of Belarus: \r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n  <li><b>Baranovichi <\/b>(4.12.1939 &#8211; 8.01.1954) <sup><a href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#baran1\">[1]<\/a>\r\n    <a href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#baran2\">[2]<\/a> <\/sup><\/li>\r\n  <li><b>Bialystok<i> <\/i><\/b>(4.12.1939 &#8211; 20.09.1944) <sup><a href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#be2\">[2]<\/a>\r\n    <a href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#be3\">[3]<\/a> <\/sup><\/li>\r\n  <li><b>Bobruisk <\/b>(20.09.1944 &#8211; 8.01.1954) <sup><a href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#bob1\">[1]<\/a>\r\n    <a href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#bob2\">[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\r\n  <li><b>Brest <\/b>(4.12.1939 to the present)<b> <\/b><sup><a href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#br1\">[1]<\/a>\r\n    <a href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#br2\">[2]<\/a> <a href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#br3\">[3]<\/a> <a\r\n    href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#br4\">[4]<\/a> <a href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#br5\">[5]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\r\n  <li><b>Vileika <\/b>(4.12.1939 &#8211; 20.09.1944 renamed Molodechno) <sup><a\r\n    href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#vileika\">[1]<\/a> <\/sup><\/li>\r\n  <li><b>Vitebsk <\/b>(15.01.1938 to the present) <sup><a href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#vi1\">[1]<\/a>\r\n    <a href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#vi2\">[2]<\/a> <a href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#vi3\">[3]<\/a> <a\r\n    href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#vi4\">[4]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\r\n  <li><b>Gomel <\/b>(15.01.1938 to the present) <sup><a href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#go1\">[1]<\/a> <a\r\n    href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#go2\">[2]<\/a> <a href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#go3\">[3]<\/a> <a\r\n    href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#go4\">[4]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\r\n  <li><b>Grodno<\/b> (20.09.1944 to the present) <sup><a href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#gr1\">[1]<\/a>\r\n    <a href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#gr2\">[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\r\n  <li><b>Minsk<\/b> (15.01.1938 to the present) <sup><a href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#mi1\">[1]<\/a> <a\r\n    href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#mi2\">[2]<\/a> <a href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#mi3\">[3]<\/a> <a\r\n    href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#mi4\">[4]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\r\n  <li><b>Mogilev <\/b>(15.01.1938 to the present) <sup><a href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#mo1\">[1]<\/a>\r\n    <a href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#mo2\">[2]<\/a> <a href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#mo3\">[3]<\/a> <a\r\n    href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#mo4\">[4]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\r\n  <li><b>Molodechno <\/b>(20.09.1944 &#8211; 20.01.1960) <sup><a href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#mol1\">[1]<\/a>\r\n    <a href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#mol2\">[2]<\/a> <a href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#mol3\">[3]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\r\n  <li><b>Pinsk <\/b>(4.12.1939 &#8211; 8.01.1954) <sup><a href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#pin1\">[1]<\/a> <a\r\n    href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#pin2\">[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\r\n  <li><b>Polesie <\/b>(15.01.1938 &#8211; 8.01.1954) <sup><a href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#po1\">[1]<\/a> <a\r\n    href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#po2\">[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\r\n  <li><b>Polotsk <\/b>(20.09.1944 &#8211; 8.01.1954) <sup><a href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#p1\">[1]<\/a> <a\r\n    href=\"\/en\/?page_id=989746#p2\">[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<p>__________<br>\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><sup>*<\/sup> Dates when the voivodeship included part of the Belarusian lands. <br>\r\n<sup>**<\/sup>Dates when the province included part of the Belarusian lands.<br>\r\n<sup>***<\/sup>Dates when the province belonged to a political entity that encompassed part of\r\nBelarus or  included some of the Belarusian districts.<\/p>\r\n\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(within the boundaries of the Republic of Belarus) Voevodstvos (voivodeships, provinces) Bialystok (1919-1939) [1] Berestie (Brest) (1565-1795) [1] Vilno (Vilnius) (1413-1795, 1925-1939) [1] [2] [3] [4] Vitebsk (1511-1794) [1] 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