Novgorod-Seversky Viceroyalty

Novgorod-Seversky Viceroyalty, sometimes Novgorod-Seversky Governorate, was an administrative-territorial unit (namestnichestvo) of the Russian Empire, which existed in 1781–1796. Its capital was in Novgorod-Seversky.

History
On September 16, 1781, Catherine II issued a decree “On the establishment of the Novgorod-Seversky Viceroyalty”.

It was formed from the territory of the Starodubsky and partly the Nezhin and Chernigov Regiments.

To this day, the following description of the coat of arms of the Novgorod-Seversky Viceroyalty has been preserved: “In a green field is part of the city wall with a gate, above which there is a tower with a star, and on the sides there is a spear and a golden saber”.

In 1796, the Viceroyalty was abolished, its territory was included in Little Russian Governorate, and with its abolition (1802) – in Chernigov Governorate.