Vorontsov appointed Governor-General of Novorossiya

Background. Novorossiya, meaning "New Russia," was an administrative area of the Russian Empire that later became the southern mainland of present-day Ukraine — a modern geographic description, not a period name. The name entered official usage in 1764, when the Novorossiya Governorate was founded. The region at various times included the Black Sea littoral, Zaporizhzhia, and the Azov Sea littoral. From 1822 to 1873 the Novorossiysk-Bessarabia General Government was centred in Odesa.

Appointment. On 7 May 1823, Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov was appointed as the governor-general of New Russia. He also served as the namestnik of Bessarabia. This appointment placed him in charge of the southern provinces of the empire, which were then referred to as New Russia. His administration was based in Odessa, the center of the Novorossiysk-Bessarabia General Government.