Yaroslavl Governorate

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Coat of arms of the governorate
Map from 1822 (Russian-French)

The Yaroslavl Governorate ( Russian Ярославская губерния / Jaroslawskaja gubernija) was an administrative unit of the Russian Empire and the Russian SFSR , located in the northeastern part of European Russia. It existed from 1796 to 1929. The capital was Yaroslavl . The governorate bordered in the northwest on the Novgorod governorate , in the north-east on the governorate Vologda , in the east on the governorate Kostroma , in the south on the governorate Vladimir and in the west on the governorate Tver .

history

The governorate was formed in 1796 from the Yaroslavl governorship . The Yaroslavl Governorate existed until 1929 as part of the Russian SFSR of the Soviet Union . After the dissolution, its territory was added to the new administrative unit of the Ivanovo Industrial Oblast .

scope

The first Russian census in 1897 counted 1,071,355 inhabitants (30 / km²) on 31,230.7 square meters (= 35,543 km²). The population consisted of over 99% Russians and about 13% lived in cities. The capital Yaroslavl had 71,616 inhabitants.

In 1926 the governorate covered 34,825 km² with 1,343,163 inhabitants (38 / km²).

structure

After the city of Petrovsk lost its status as a Ujesd city when the governorate was formed in 1796 , 11 Ujesde existed:

In 1822 the Ujesde Romanow and Borissoglebsk were united to form the new Ujesd Romanow-Borissoglebsk .

In February 1921 the Ujesde Mologa, Myshkin, Poschechonje, Rybinsk and Uglich were separated to form the Rybinsk Governorate of the Russian SFSR. The governorate was dissolved again in February 1923 and the Ujesde returned to the governorate of Yaroslavl.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Логос # 1 2005 (46). философско-литературный журнал ЛОГОС, accessed September 15, 2017 (Russian, philosophical and literary journal LOGOS - Logos # 1 2005 (46) ).
  2. Sergey Tarkhov: Изменение административно-территориального деления России в XIII — XX вв. (PDF; 206 kB) p. 77f , accessed on September 15, 2017 (Russian, changes in the administrative-territorial division of Russia in the 18th to 20th centuries ).