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| History of the administrative division of Russia |
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| 1708–1710 |
| 1710–1713 |
| 1713–1714 |
| 1714–1717 |
| 1717–1719 |
| 1719–1725 |
| 1725–1726 |
| 1726–1727 |
| 1727–1728 |
| 1728–1744 |
| 1744–1764 |
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| | This article has no lead section .(December 2022) |
| History of the administrative division of Russia |
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| 1708–1710 |
| 1710–1713 |
| 1713–1714 |
| 1714–1717 |
| 1717–1719 |
| 1719–1725 |
| 1725–1726 |
| 1726–1727 |
| 1727–1728 |
| 1728–1744 |
| 1744–1764 |
A governorate, gubernia, province, or government was a major and principal administrative subdivision of the Russian Empire. After the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917, governorates remained as subdivisions in Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, and in the Soviet Union from its formation until 1929. The term is also translated as government, governorate, or province. A governorate was headed by a governor, a word borrowed from Latin gubernator, in turn from Greek κυβερνήτης.
The Baltic governorates, originally the Ostsee governorates, was a collective name for the administrative units of the Russian Empire set up in the territories of Swedish Estonia, Swedish Livonia (1721) and, afterwards, of the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia (1795).
This is a summary of the administrative divisions of Russia in the years 1713 and 1714.
This is a summary of the administrative divisions of Russia from 1714-1717.
This is a summary of the administrative divisions of Russia from 1717-1719.
The Governorate of Livonia, also known as the Livonia Governorate, was a province (guberniya) of the Russian Empire and the Baltic Governorate-General until 1876. The Governorate of Livonia bordered the Governorate of Estonia to the north, the Saint Petersburg and Pskov Governorates to the east, the Courland Governorate to the south, and the Gulf of Riga to the west. In 1897, the population of the governorate was 1,299,365, and it had an area of 47,030.87 square kilometres (18,158.72 sq mi). The administrative centre of the governorate was the Baltic Sea port of Riga. It roughly corresponded to most of the modern Vidzeme Region of Latvia and southern Estonia.
Smolensk Governorate, or the Government of Smolensk, was an administrative division of the Tsardom of Russia, the Russian Empire, and the Russian SFSR. It existed, with interruptions, between 1708 and 1929.
Demidov is a town and the administrative center of Demidovsky District in Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located on the Kasplya River at its confluence with the Gobza River. Population: 7,333 (2010 Census); 8,786 (2002 Census); 10,198 (1989 Census). It was previously known as Porechye.
The Moscow Governorate was a province (guberniya) of the Tsardom of Russia, and later the Russian Empire. The governorate bordered by the Tver Governorate to the north, the Vladimir Governorate to the northeast, the Ryazan Governorate to the southeast, the Tula Governorate to the south, the Kaluga Governorate to the southwest, and the Smolensk Governorate to the west. The Moskow 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. The administrative centre was in the cultural capital of Moscow. The province covered most of Moscow Oblast.
Riga Governorate, also known as the Province of Riga, was an administrative division of the Russian Empire in modern southern Estonia and northern Latvia from 1713 to 1783. The Province of Riga was formed to replace the Eastern Provinces of the Kingdom of Sweden in 1713. After the conquest of the regions of Ingermanland, Livonia and Estonia by Sweden in the Great Northern War in 1710. In 1713, the Provinces of Riga and Tallinn were separated into separate administrative units, and in 1713–1714, the organization and management of the Province of Riga were also defined.
Demidovsky District is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-five in Smolensk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northwest of the oblast and borders with Zharkovsky District of Tver Oblast in the north, Velizhsky District in the northwest, Rudnyansky District in the southwest, Smolensky District in the south, and with Dukhovshchinsky District in the east. The area of the district is 2,514.02 square kilometers (970.67 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Demidov. Population: 14,039 ; 18,167 (2002 Census); 24,237 (1989 Census). The population of Demidov accounts for 52.2% of the district's total population.
Kiev Governorate, or the Government of Kiev, was an administrative division of the Tsardom of Russia and then the Russian Empire. The government was established in December 1708 as one of the eight guberniyas first created during the reforms of Peter the Great.
