| Vyatka Governorate Вятская губерния | |||||||||
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| Governorate of the Russian Empire (1796–1917), Russian Republic and RSFSR (1917–1929) | |||||||||
| 1796–1929 | |||||||||
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 Location within the Russian Empire | |||||||||
| Capital | Vyatka | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
| 169,629 km2 (65,494 sq mi) | |||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
| 3,030,831 | |||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1796 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1929 | ||||||||
| Political subdivisions | uezds: 11 | ||||||||
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Vyatka Governorate [a] was an administrative-territorial unit ( guberniya ) of the Russian Empire and the Russian SFSR from 1796 to 1929, with its capital in Vyatka (now Kirov). The area of the governorate roughly corresponds to modern-day Kirov Oblast and Udmurtia.
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It was formed on territory of the historical lands of Vyatka (Latin : Veticiae). [3]