Alexander Platonovich Engelgardt; 1901–1904 Nikolay Aleksandrovich Rimsky-Korsakov; 1904–1905 Nikolay Georgievich fon Byunting (von Bünting); 1905–1907 Nikolay Nikolayevich Kachalov; 1907–1911 Ivan Vasilyevich Sosnovsky; 1911–1917 Sergey Dmitriyevich Bibikov. After February 1917, the highest authority in the governorate belonged to the Comissar of the Governorate, and after November 1917 – to the Governorate Executive Committee (with the exception of the period of the Civil War in Russia, when Arkhangelsk was occupied by the Entente troops). The governors were not appointed any more. The military governors of Arkhangelsk Governorate were 1797–1798 Ivan Romanovich Liven; 1798 Boris Borisovich Letstsano (Lezzano); 1798 Dmitry Ivanovich Lobanov-Rostovsky; 1798–1799 Dmitry Petrovich Volkonsky; 1799–1801 Karl Andreyevich Liven; 1802–1803 Sergey Andreyevich Bekleshov; 1803–1807 Ivan Petrovich Ferster; 1807–1811 Martin Petrovich Dezin; 1811–1813 Alexey Grigoryevich Spiridov; 1813–1820 Alexey Fedotovich Klokachyov; 1842–1850 Alexander Ivanovich Traverse; 1850–1854 Roman Platonovich Boil; 1854–1857 Stepan Petrovich Khrushchov; 1857–1859 Bogdan Alexandrovich Glazenap; 1907 Dmitry Davidovich Grigoryev. The following governors general were appointed, 1820–1823 Alexey Fedotovich Klokachyov; 1823–1830 Stepan Ivanovich Minitsky; 1836–1842 Iosif Ivanovich Sulima; 1862–? Konstantin Ivanovich Istomin; 1915 Arkady Mikhaylovich Valuyev, acting governor general. Demography Language By the Imperial census of 1897. References External links The First General Census of the Russian Empire of 1897. Breakdown of population by mother tongue and districts in 50 Governorates of the European Russia (1777 territorial units) 1796 establishments in the Russian Empire 1929 disestablishments in Russia