Derbent Governorate[a] was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of the Russian Empire in 1846–1860.
| Derbent Governorate Дербентская губерния | |||||||||
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| Governorate of the Russian Empire | |||||||||
| 1846–1860 | |||||||||
| Capital | Derbent | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1846 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1860 | ||||||||
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It was established by the 14 December 1846 decree of Nicholas I. In accordance with the "Regulations on the Administration of the Dagestan Oblast" (Положеніемъ объ управленіи Дагестанской областью, 5 April 1860), the Derbent Governorate was abolished, and most of the area became part of the Dagestan Oblast.
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- Russian: Дербентская губерния, pre-1918: Дербентская губернія, romanized: Derbentskaya guberniya
- Sophie Hohmann, Claire Mouradian, Silvia Serrano, Julien Thorez (eds.), Development in Central Asia and the Caucasus: Migration, Democratisation and Inequality in the Post-Soviet Era, I.B.Tauris, 2014, p. 44, n. 47.
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