The
Caucasus Viceroyalty was the
Imperial Russian administrative and political authority in the
Caucasus region exercised through the offices of
glavnoupravlyayushchiy (1801–1844, 1882–1902) and
namestnik (наместник) (1844–1882, 1904–1917). These two terms are commonly, but imprecisely, translated into
English as
viceroy, which is frequently used interchangeably with
governor general. More accurately,
glavnoupravlyayushchij is referred to as High Commissioner of the Caucasus, and
namestnik as viceroy.