Military General Government of Lublin
Military General Government of Lublin | |||||||||
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| 1915–1918 | |||||||||
Coat of arms (1915–1918)
(see also Flags of Austria-Hungary) | |||||||||
The Military Government of Lublin, depicted in light green | |||||||||
| Capital | Kielce (1915) Lublin (1915–1917) | ||||||||
| Common languages | German, Polish | ||||||||
| Government | Occupation authority | ||||||||
| Governors-General | |||||||||
• 1915–1916 | Erich von Diller | ||||||||
• 1916–1917 | Karl Kuk | ||||||||
• 1917–1918 | Stanisław Szeptycki | ||||||||
• 1918 | Anton Lipošćak | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1 September 1915 | ||||||||
• Armistice, withdrawal of German forces | 3 November 1918 | ||||||||
| Currency | Russian ruble, Austro-Hungarian krone | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Poland | ||||||||
The Military General Government of Poland, also known as the Military General Government of Lublin, was a
military administration of an area of the Russian Empire under the occupation of Austria-Hungary, during World War I, that existed from 1915 to 1917. Its seat of government was originally based in Kielce, but moved to Lublin in October 1915.