Varzuzhskaya Volost

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Varzuzhskaya Volost (Russian : Варзужская волость) was an administrative division (a volost ) of the Novgorod Republic and later of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, Tsardom of Russia, and the Russian Empire. Its seat was in Varzuga.

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The volost was established by the Novgorodians in the second half of the 15th century. [1] It was lost by the Novgorod Republic to the Grand Duchy of Moscow after the Battle of Shelon in 1471. [1]

In the 16th century, most of the Kola Peninsula's territory was under the administration of Kolsky Uyezd. Varzuzhskaya and Umbskaya Volosts were the only territories of the peninsula which were a part of Dvinsky Uyezd. [1]

In 1784, when Arkhangelsk Oblast of Vologda Viceroyalty was transformed into Arkhangelsk Viceroyalty, Varzuzhskaya Volost was transferred under the jurisdiction of the new viceroyalty's Kolsky Uyezd. [1] When the viceroyalty was transformed into Arkhangelsk Governorate in 1796, the volost's jurisdiction again changed accordingly. [1]

In 1828, Tetrinskaya slobodka, Pyalitskaya slobodka, and the selo of Ponoy were merged into Varzuzhskaya Volost. [1]

The volost was abolished on May 31 [ O.S. May 20], 1841, when volosts of Arkhangelsk Governorate's uyezds were enlarged. Varzuzhskaya Volost, along with Umbskaya Volost and the territory of the Terskaya Lapps, became a part of new Kuzomenskaya Volost. [1]

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Administrative-Territorial Division of Murmansk Oblast, pp. 18–22

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