Kostroma Governorate

Coat of arms of the governorate

Map from 1822 (Russian-French)

The Kostroma Governorate ( Russian Костромская губерния / Kostromskaja gubernija) was an administrative unit of the Russian Empire and the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (SFSR) , located in the center of European Russia. It existed from 1796 to 1929 and the capital was Kostroma . The governorate bordered in the north on the governorate Vologda , in the east on the governorate Vyatka , in the south-east on the governorate Nizhny Novgorod , in the south-west on the governorate Vladimir and in the west on the governorate Yaroslavl .

history

The governorate was formed in 1796 from the Kostroma governorship . The Kostroma 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 units Industrial Oblast Ivanovo and Oblast or Krai Nizhny Novgorod .

scope

The first Russian census in 1897 counted 1,387,015 inhabitants (16 / km²) on 73,809.1 square meters (= 84,001 km²). The population consisted of over 99% Russians and about 7% lived in cities. The capital Kostroma had 33,012 inhabitants.

In 1926 the governorate covered 33,647 km² with 811,619 inhabitants (24 / km²).

structure

After the cities of Bui , Kady , Luch and Pljos lost their status as Ujesd cities when the governorate was formed in 1796 , there were twelve Ujesde since 1802:

• Bui (renewed in 1802)
• Galitsch
• Jurjewez (1918 to the Ivanovo-Voznesensk Governorate)
• Kineshma (1918 to the Ivanovo-Voznesensk Governorate)
• Kologriw
• Kostroma
• Makarjew (1922 to the Ivanovo-Voznesensk Governorate)
• Nerechta (1918 parts to the Ivanovo-Voznesensk governorate)
• Soligalitsch
• Tschuchloma
• Warnavin (1922 to Nizhny Novgorod Governorate)
• Wetluga (1922 to Nizhny Novgorod Governorate)

Ujesd Kowernino was formed in 1918 and dissolved again in 1922.

Web links

• Language groups of the governorate 1897 (Russian)
• Administrative districts of the governorate (Russian)
• Entry in Meyers (1905)
• 1926 census result (Russian)

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 ).