The Smolensk guberniya was passed to the Western Oblast. Viktor Chernov was born in Novouzensk, a town southeast of Saratov in Samara guberniya. In 1915, the General Governorate was disbanded while the "guberniya" continued to exist. The rebellion spread over the majority of military settlements of the Novgorod guberniya. It was one of three governorates created in 1802 when the Novorossiya guberniya was abolished. He was brought up in Bobriki, a village in the Tula guberniya. Sergey Markov was born in Saint Petersburg Guberniya. The term "guberniya", however, still remained in use. In 1871, it was made a "guberniya" of the Russian Empire. Zarasai manor and the town were given to Vilnius Guberniya. In 1882, Vasili was ordained a priest in a town of Kozlov in Tambov Guberniya. It included Oblast, Guberniya, Raion, Uyezd, and Volost Chekas, with Raion and Volost Extraordinary Commissioners.