Vladimir Governorate

Coat of arms of the governorate

Map from 1822 (Russian-French)

The Vladimir Governorate ( Russian Владимирская губерния / Wladimirskaja gubernija) was an administrative unit of the Russian Empire and the Russian SFSR , located in the center of European Russia. It existed from 1796 to 1929. The capital was Vladimir . The governorate bordered in the north, starting clockwise, with the governorates of Yaroslavl , Kostroma , Nizhny Novgorod , Tambov , Ryazan , Moscow and Tver .

history

The governorate was formed in 1796 from the governor of Vladimir . The Vladimir 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 of Industrial Oblast Ivanovo and Nizhny Novgorod .

scope

The first Russian census in 1897 counted 1,515,691 inhabitants (31 / km²) on 42,831 square meters (= 48,856 km²). The population was over 99% Russians. Approx. 12% lived in cities. The capital, Vladimir, had 28,479 inhabitants.

In 1926 the governorate covered 33,023 km² with 1,321,140 inhabitants (40 / km²).

structure

Around 1900 the governorate comprised 13 Ujesde :

• Alexandrov
• Gorokhovets (dissolved in 1924)
• Jurjew (1925 to the Ivanovo-Voznesensk Governorate)
• Kovrov
• Melenki (dissolved in 1926)
• Murom
• Pereslavl
• Pokrov (dissolved in 1921)
• Shuja (1918 to the Ivanovo-Voznesensk Governorate)
• Sudogda (dissolved in 1926)
• Suzdal (dissolved in 1926)
• Vyazniki
• Vladimir

Later formed Ujesde:

• Kolchugino (1920-1924)
• Kirschatsch (1921-1924)
• Gus (1926)

Web links

• Language groups of the governorate 1897 (Russian)
• Administrative districts of the governorate 1897 (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 ). 
3. ↑ Постановление ВЦИК от 01/14/1929 «Об образовании на территории Р. С. Ф. С. Р. административно-территориальных объединений краевого и областного значения »