 Siberia Governorate, together with seven other governorates, was established on , 1708, by Tsar Peter the Great's edict.As with the rest of the governorates, neither the borders nor internal subdivisions of Siberia Governorate were defined; instead, the territory was defined as a set of cities and the lands adjacent to those cities.At the time of establishment, the following thirty cities were included into Siberia Governorate,

In 1719, the governorate was divided into three provinces