The usage of the name was later broadened to apply loosely to the parts of Right-bank Ukraine when it was annexed by Russia at the end of the 18th century upon the partitions of Poland. In the 18th and 19th centuries, the Russian Imperial administrative units known as the Little Russian Governorate and eponymous General Governorship were formed and existed for several decades before being split and renamed in subsequent administrative reforms. Up to the very end of the 19th century, "Little Russia" was the prevailing term for much of the modern territory of Ukraine controlled by the Russian Empire, as well as for its people and their language. This can be seen from its usage in numerous scholarly, literary and artistic works. Ukrainophile historians Mykhaylo Maksymovych, Nikolay Kostomarov, Dmytro Bahaliy, and Volodymyr Antonovych acknowledged the fact that during the Russo-Polish wars, "Ukraine" had only a geographical meaning, referring to the borderlands of both states, but "Little Russia" was the ethnonym of Little (Southern) Russian people. In his prominent work "Two Russian nationalities," Kostomarov uses "Southern Russia" and "Little Russia" interchangeably. Mykhailo Drahomanov titled his first fundamental historic work "Little Russia in its literature" (1867–1870). Different prominent artists (e.g., Mykola Pymonenko, Kostyantyn Trutovsky, Nikolay Aleksandrovich Sergeyev, photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky, etc.), many of whom were native to the territory of modern-day Ukraine, used "Little Russia" in the titles of their paintings of Ukrainian landscapes. The term "Little Russian language" was used by the state authorities in the first Russian Empire Census, conducted in 1897. The term "Little Russia," which traces its origin to medieval times, was once widely used as the name for the geographic territory. The first appearance of the name "Ukraine" ("Ukrayina") was in 12th-century chronicles; it was used sporadically from the mid-17th century until it was reintroduced in the 19th century by several writers making a conscious effort to awaken Ukrainian national awareness. But it was not until the 20th century when the modern term "Ukraine" started to prevail, while "Little Russia" gradually fell out of use. The term "Little Russia" (Rus' Minor) is now anachronistic when used to refer to the country Ukraine and the modern Ukrainian nation, its language, culture, etc.