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Historical Reference

Siberian General-Governorship was founded in 1822 -1884 with headquarters in Irkutsk. Governors - General were appointed by Emperors.

On July 22, 1822 Siberian General-Governorship was divided into the West-Siberian General-Governorship and East-Siberian General-Governorship.

On November 14, 1856 in the East-Siberian General-Governorship was founded Primorye Oblast with the administrative center of Nilolayevsk.

On April 28, 1880 the administrative center of Primorye Oblast was transferred from Nikolayevsk to Khabarovka, which that year got the status of a city.

On June 16, 1884 the East-Siberian General-Governorship was divided into Irkutsk and Priamurye General-Governorships. Priamurye General-Governorship included Primorye, Amur, Zabaikalie and Sakhalin territories. Khabarovka became the center of the Priamurye General-Governorship.

Priamurye General-Governorship was abolished in 1917.

   A Governor-General is the high-ranking official of local administration in imperial Russia, the head of a General-Governorship including one or several provinces. Governors- Generals were allocated with extraordinary powers.

The authority the Governor-General, especially in remote areas, was characterized by military dictatorship. The Military Governor was appointed for management of province, area, city or a fortress, and in a war time, to manage the area occupied during a war. He fulfilled civil military management.

Military Governors mostly operated by areas included into Governorships-General. During more than seventy years 27 imperial proteges at various times ruled by the territories of the Far East. Their governing has imposed a special print on the process of territorial development.

The first and the best of them was N.N.Muravyov-Amursky. His successors continued the traditions of civil improvement and industrial development of the Far East followed his example in questions of enlightenment and charity.

The names of some of them are : A. N. Korf, S. M. Duhovskoy, N. I. Grodekov, D. I. Subotich, P. F. Unterberger, N. L. Gondatti deserved a recognition in service and science activities. Promoting the development of the economy and culture, they wanted to transform the outskirt of Russia into the rich edge competing with the European provinces. Some of them: Michael Pavlovich Tikhmenev, Andrei Nikolayevich Korf and Nikolay Lvovich Gondatty became the Honorable Citizens of Khabarovsk.