Little Russia Governorate (1764–1781)

The First Little Russia Governorate or Malorossiya Governorate, was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of the Russian Empire, which existed in 1764-1781. It was created after the abolition of Cossack Hetmanate and was governed by Pyotr Rumyantsev.

With another administrative reform of 1781 the governorate and its subdivisions (regiments) were liquidated and replaced with vice-royalties divided into counties (uezds).

Subdivisions
The governorate was divided into 10 regiments (polk) which were equivalent to counties (uezd).
 * Starodub Regiment (1663–1782)
 * Kyiv Regiment
 * Pereiaslav Regiment
 * Nizhyn Regiment
 * Chernihiv Regiment
 * Pryluky Regiment
 * Lubny Regiment
 * Myrhorod Regiment
 * Hadiach Regiment
 * Poltava Regiment

Coat of arms
Until 1767 the coat of arms for the governorate was Cossack with musket when it was replaced with the Russian double headed eagle.