Moscow Governorate

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Moscow Governorate
Московская губерния
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Moscow in Russian Empire (1914).svg
Location in the Russian Empire
Country Russian Empire
Established1708
Abolished1929
Capital Moscow
Area
  Total33,272.84 km2 (12,846.72 sq mi)
Population
 (1897)
  Total2,430,581
  Density73/km2 (190/sq mi)
   Urban
46.67%
   Rural
53.33%
Map of Moscow Governorate in 1873 with uyezds Map of Moscow Governorate in 1873.jpg
Map of Moscow Governorate in 1873 with uyezds

The Moscow Governorate [lower-alpha 1] was a province ( guberniya ) of the Tsardom of Russia, and the Russian Empire. It bordered by Tver Governorate to the north, Vladimir Governorate to the northeast, Ryazan Governorate to the southeast, Tula Governorate to the south, Kaluga Governorate to the southwest, and Smolensk Governorate to the west. Moscow Governorate consisted of an area of 33,272.84 square kilometres (12,846.72 sq mi) and a population of 2,430,581 in 1897. Its capital was in Moscow.

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Administrative division

The counties ( uezds ) of the Moscow Governorate in 1897 were as follows:

County CapitalAreaPopulation
(1897 census)
Transliteration name Russian Cyrillic
Bogorodsky БогородскійBolgorod (Noginsk)3,068.5 square versts
(3,492.1 km2; 1,348.3 sq mi)
222,341
Bronnitsky Бронницкій Bronnitsy 2,051 square versts
(2,334 square kilometres; 901 square miles)
130,304
Vereysky Верейскій Vereya 1,623.3 square versts
(1,847.4 square kilometres; 713.3 square miles)
54,074
Volokolamsky Волоколамскій Volokolamsk 2,138 square versts
(2,433 square kilometres; 939 square miles)
80,984
Dmitrovsky Uyezd Дмитровскій Dmitrov 2,974.6 square versts
(3,385.3 square kilometres; 1,307.1 square miles)
119,686
Zvenigorodsky Звенигородскій Zvenigorod 2,012.3 square versts
(2,290.1 square kilometres; 884.2 square miles)
84,375
Klinsky Клинскій Klin 3,095.9 square versts
(3,523.3 square kilometres; 1,360.4 square miles)
115,162
Kolomensky Коломенскій Kolomna 1,861.4 square versts
(2,118.4 square kilometres; 817.9 square miles)
111,927
Mozhaysky Можайскій Mozhaysk 1,621.5 square versts
(1,845.4 square kilometres; 712.5 square miles)
53,967
Moskovsky Московскій Moscow 2,393 square versts
(2,723 square kilometres; 1,052 square miles)
1,203,926
Podolsky Подольскій Podolsk 2,160.4 square versts
(2,458.7 square kilometres; 949.3 square miles)
86,311
Ruzsky Рузскій Ruza 1,984.1 square versts
(2,258.0 square kilometres; 871.8 square miles)
55,522
Serpukhovsky Серпуховскій Serpukhov 2,252.4 square versts
(2,563.4 square kilometres; 989.7 square miles)
112,002

History

Moscow Governorate, together with seven other governorates, was established on December 29 [ O.S. December 18], 1708, by Tsar Peter the Great's edict. [1] As with the rest of the governorates, initially, neither the borders nor internal subdivisions of Moscow Governorate were defined; instead, the territory was defined as a set of cities and the lands adjacent to those cities. [2] Later, Moscow Governorate was subdivided into 13 uyezds.

Cities included into Moscow Governorate at the time of its establishment [1]
#City#City#City
1. Moscow 14. Lyubim 27. Suzdal
2. Aleksin 15. Medyn 28. Tarussa
3. Borovsk 16. Mikhaylov 29. Tsarev Borisov
4. Dedilov 17. Mozhaysk 30. Tula
5. Dmitrov 18. Obolensk 31. Veneva
6.Gremyachey19. Pecherniki 32. Vereya
7. Kaluga 20. Pereslavl Ryazanskoy 33. Volodimir
8. Klin 21. Pereslavl Zaleskoy 34. Volokolamsk
9. Kolomna 22. Pronsk 35. Yaroslavets Maly
10. Koshira 23. Rostov 36. Yepifan
11. Kostroma 24. Ruza 37. Yuryev Polskoy
12. Krapivna 25. Serpukhov 38. Zaraysk
13. Lukh 26. Shuya 39. Zvenigorod

The governorate underwent numerous changes in the following years, and was finally abolished on January 14, 1929 when modern Moscow Oblast was created.

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Religion

Notes

  1. Russian: Моско́вская губе́рния, pre-reform orthography : Моско́вская губе́рнія, romanized: Moskóvskaya gubérniya

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  1. 1 2 Указ об учреждении губерний и о росписании к ним городов (in Russian)
  2. С. А. Тархов (2001). "Изменение административно-территориального деления России за последние 300 лет". Электронная версия журнала "География".
  3. Religion Statistics of 1897 (in Russian)
  4. Eastern Orthodox, including Russian Orthodox, Greek Orthodox, and Georgian Orthodox

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