Its administration on both Viceroyalties remained to Quito. These large administrative territories became known as "Viceroyalties" (Spanish term&colon; "Virreinatos"). Responsibility for the Venezuelan territories shifted to and between the two viceroyalties. Responsibility for the Venezuelan territories shifted to and fro between the two Viceroyalties. The current area of Tver Oblast was divided between Tver, Novgorod, Pskov, and Smolensk Viceroyalties. In particular, Polotsk and Mogilev Viceroyalties were merged into Byelorussia Governorate. In 1775-1776, the administrative reform abolished governorates and created viceroyalties. In 1796, the viceroyalties were abolished, and transformed back into eponymous governorates.