Podolia Governorate

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Podolia Governorate (English) Подольская губерния (Modern Russian) Подільська губернія (Ukrainian)

Established	1793
Abolished	1917
Political status Region	Governorate n/a
Area
Area - Rank	42,000 verst² n/a
Population (unknown year census)
Population - Rank - Density - Urban - Rural	n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Government
First Head Last Head	n/a n/a

The Podolia Governorate or Government of Podolia was a governorate (guberniya) of the Russian Empire from 1793 – 1917. It was created after the Second Partition of Poland. It was situated at the southwestern border of the empire, bordering Austria-Hungary, and had an area of about 42,000 km². The administrative centre was Kamenets-Podolskiy.

Podolia Governorate was one of the three governorates of the Southwestern Krai.