From Sloboda province to Kharkov governorate: the reform of administrative-territorial structure of Sloboda Ukraine in 1780
The present article investigates the implementation of the 1775 provincial reform on the territory of the Kharkiv namestnichestvo (viceroyalty).The provincial reform entailed a restructuring of the entire system of local government.These issues are of copyright Packs particular interest in contact zones, territories with heterogeneous populations,