Ukmergė County
Ukmergė County was one of the subdivisions of the Kovno Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was a former administrative-territorial unit in eastern Lithuania lasting from 1795 to 1950, situated on both banks of the Šventoji River. Its administrative centre was Ukmergė.
History
Russian Empire
The county evolved from the of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. After its reorganization into the Vilkmergė Uyezd, it belonged to the Vilnius Governate of the Russian Empire between 1795-1797 and 1801-1842, to the short-lived Lithuanian Governate between 1797-1801, and later to the Kovno Governate from 1842 to 1915. It subsequently became one of the administrative counties of the interwar Republic of Lithuania.Interwar and postwar period
From 1916 to 1918 the territory was part of the German military administration known as Ober Ost. During the German occupation of 1941-1944 it was incorporated into the Reichskommissariat Ostland, specifically into the Lithuanian General District and the.In 1920 the Ukmergė region witnessed fighting between Lithuanian and Polish forces during the Polish–Lithuanian conflict of 1919–1920.
In 1947, two parishes were transferred to the newly formed. In 1947 two rural parishes of the county were transferred to the newly formed Anykščiai County. On June 20, 1950, Ukmergė County was reorganized into the Ukmergė District Municipality, consisting of 27 rural subdistricts. Parts of its territory were transferred into neighboring districts: Jonava,,,, and Širvintos.