Description of Vilnius Governorate, 1861

Description of Vilnius Governorate, 1861
Vilna gubernia. Materials for the geography and statistics of Russia, collected by General Staff officers. Compiled by Captain A. Koreva of the General Staff.
Antanas Koreva (Anton Koreva, 1828-1876)
St. Petersburg, Josaphat Ogrizko, 1861, VIII, 804 p.
Encyclopaedic Dictionary of F.A. Koreva. Brockhaus and I.A. S.-Pb.: Brockhaus-Ephron. 1890-1907.


Antanas Koreva was a Lithuanian nobleman of Lithuanian noble descent, a converted officer of the Russian Imperial Army, Major General, who served on the General Staff and as Chief of Staff of the Moscow Military District.

This book is a comprehensive statistical and geographical work on the Vilnius Governorate, written by officers of the General Staff of the Russian Empire. It contains detailed information on the region's natural conditions, administrative structure, population, economy, towns and infrastructure.