Western Krai

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Western Krai was a historical administrative region of the Russian Empire that encompassed several western governorates, including Smolensk, in the territories of present-day Belarus, Lithuania, and western Russia.

All labels observed (6)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical administrative region ⓘ
region of the Russian Empire ⓘ
administrativeStructure grouping of several governorates ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Zapadny Krai ⓘ
borderedBy Austrian Empire ⓘ
Congress Poland ⓘ
Kingdom of Prussia ⓘ
linked to: Prussia
capitalCity Minsk ⓘ
Vilna ⓘ
country Russian Empire ⓘ
dissolvedIn early 20th century ⓘ
ethnicComposition Belarusians ⓘ
Jews ⓘ
Lithuanians ⓘ
Poles ⓘ
Russians ⓘ
governedBy Tsarist authorities ⓘ
historicalContext Partitions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
historicalRegionOf Belarusian lands ⓘ
Lithuanian lands ⓘ
western Russian lands ⓘ
includedTerritory Grodno Governorate ⓘ
Kovno Governorate ⓘ
Minsk Governorate ⓘ
Mogilev Governorate ⓘ
Smolensk Governorate ⓘ
Vilna Governorate ⓘ
Vitebsk Governorate ⓘ
languageUsed Belarusian ⓘ
linked to: Belarusian language

Lithuanian ⓘ
Polish ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
locatedIn European part of the Russian Empire ⓘ
present-day Belarus ⓘ
present-day Lithuania ⓘ
present-day western Russia ⓘ
partOf Western borderlands of the Russian Empire ⓘ
Western military districts of the Russian Empire ⓘ
politicalStatus non-autonomous region ⓘ
religiousComposition Eastern Orthodox Christians ⓘ
Jews ⓘ
Roman Catholics ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
successorEntity Second Polish Republic (for some territories) ⓘ
Soviet republics in Belarus and Lithuania ⓘ
timePeriod 19th century ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ
usedFor Russification policies ⓘ
imperial administration ⓘ

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Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Smolensk Governorate → partOf → Western Krai ⓘ
Governorate of Livonia → partOf → Western Krai of the Russian Empire ⓘ
linked to: Western Krai
Vilna Governorate → partOf → Northwestern Krai ⓘ
linked to: Western Krai
Vilna Governorate → partOf → Western Krai ⓘ
Kherson Governorate → partOf → Southwestern Krai ⓘ
linked to: Western Krai
Russian Partition of Poland → appliesToPart → Northwestern Krai ⓘ
linked to: Western Krai
Grodno Governorate → locatedIn → Northwestern Krai ⓘ
linked to: Western Krai
Vistula Land → partOf → Western Krai (in Russian imperial administrative sense) ⓘ
linked to: Western Krai
Vistula Land → partOf → Western Krai ⓘ
Minsk Governorate → partOf → Western Krai ⓘ
Łomża Governorate → partOf → Western Krai (administrative concept) ⓘ
subject linked to: Lomza Governorate
linked to: Western Krai
Polotsk Governorate → partOf → Western Krai ⓘ
Belarusian Governorate → partOf → Western Krai ⓘ