Northern Krai

Location of the Northern Krai in the RSFSR

The Northern Krai ( Russian Северный край , transcribed Severny krai , scientific transliteration Severnyj kraj ) was an administrative unit in the Russian Soviet Socialist Federal Republic , which existed from 1929 to 1936. The Krai was located in the northeast of the RSFSR and in 1929 covered an area of ​​1,1376,000 km² with 2.474 million inhabitants. The administrative center was the city of Arkhangelsk .

history

Northern Krai on a map of the European part of the USSR from 1930

The Northern Krai was formed on January 14, 1929 by the All-Russian Central Executive Committee of the RSFSR. In it the three governorates Arkhangelsk , Vologda and Northern Dvina as well as the Autonomous Oblast of the Komi were combined. On July 15, 1929, the administrative structure was changed by decree by the Executive Committee. The governorates were dissolved and the areas administratively divided into five okrug . Since the times of the Russian Empire, governors have mostly been divided into regional administrative units, so-called Ujesde . With the Soviet administrative reform, these Ujesde were converted into Rajons . The okrug within the Komi Autonomous Oblast were also converted into Rajons. The islands of the White Sea (including the Solovetsky Islands ), the Barents Sea (including Kolgujew , Matwejew , Waigatsch ) and the Arctic Ocean (including Franz Josef Land , Nowaja Zemlya ) were directly subordinated to the administration of the Krai.

Another administrative reform followed in July 1930. The Nenezki nazionalny okrug became an autonomous administrative unit. The Komi Autonomous Oblast also remained. The other four okrug were dissolved and the 50 Rajons were directly under the administration of the Krai. In the following years there were numerous other administrative reforms in which various Rajons were dissolved, newly created, renamed or territorially expanded, so that the Northern Krai had 65 Rajons in 1936.

With the Soviet Constitution of 1936 , the Northern Krai was dissolved and its territories were divided between the Northern Oblast and the Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic of the Komi . The Northern Oblast was abolished a year later. Its territories were transferred to the newly established Arkhangelsk Oblast and Vologda Oblast .

Administrative division

The following table shows the administrative structure of the Northern Krai as of July 15, 1929.

Name of the administrative unit	Administrative center	Rajons	Administrative center of the Rajon
Arkhangelski okrug	Arkhangelsk	Archangelski rayon Beresnizki rayon Kholmogorsky District Jemezki rayon Karpogorski rayon Leshukonsky District Mesenski rayon Oneschski rayon Pineschski rayon Plessezki rayon Primorsky rayon Tschekuijewski rayon	Arkhangelsk Semjonowskoje Kholmogory Jemezk Karpogory leshukonskoye Mesen Onega Pinega Plesetsk Arkhangelsk Tschekujewo
Nenezki nazionalny okrug	Telwiska	Kanino-Timanski rajon Nenezki rajon	Nizhnyaya Pyosha Chosseda-Chard
Nyandomski okrug	Nyandoma	Konoschski rajon Kargopolski rajon Njandomski rajon Priosjorny rajon Rowdinski rajon Schenkurski rajon Ustjanski rajon Welski rajon Verkhovashsky rajon	Konoscha Kargopol Njandoma Konjowo Rowdino Schenkursk Shangali Welsk Verkhovashye
Severo-Dwinski okrug	Veliky Ustyug	Kitschmengsko-Gorodetsky rayon Kotlasski rayon Krasnoborski rayon Lalski rayon Lenski rayon Nikolski rayon Oparinski rayon Podossinowski rayon Rosljatinski rayon Suchonski rayon Tscherewkowski rayon Veliko-Ustjugski rayon Verkhne-Tojemski rayon Vilegodsky District Wochomski rayon	Kitschmengski Gorodok Kotlas Krasnoborsk Lalsk Jarensk Nikolsk Oparino Podossinowez Roslyatino Gorodishchenskoje Tscherewkowo Veliki Ustjug Verkhnjaja Toima Ilyinskoje Wochma
Vologodski okrug	Vologda	Kharovsky rajon Grjasowezki rajon Kokschengski rajon Kubeno-Osjorski rajon Ledengski rajon Shuiski rajon Sjamschensky rajon Sverdlovsky rajon Tolschmenski rajon Totemski rajon Ust-Kubinski rajon Tchobsarski rajon Woschegologodski rajon Woschegologodski rajon Voschegologodski rajon	Kharovsk Gryazovets Tarnogski Gorodok Kubenskoye Ledengskoje Schuiskoje Jarygino Sokol Ustje Tolschemskoje Tot'ma Ustje Tschobsara Vozhega Vologda
Komi Autonomous Oblast	Ust-Syssolsk	Ischmo-Pechorski rajon Prilusski rajon Storoschewski rajon Syssolski rajon Udorski rajon Ust-Kulomski rajon Ust-Syssolski rajon Ust-Wymski rajon Ust-Zilemski rajon	Ischemski Objatschewo Storoschewsk Wisingski Koslan Ust-Kulom Ust-Syssolsk Ust-Wym Ust-Zilma

Web links

• Administrative division of the Arkhangelsk governorate from 18. – 20. Century (Russian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Pomorskaja ėnciklopedija: Tom 1 Istorija Archangel'skogo Severa . Pomorskij gosudarstvennyj universitet, Arkhangelsk 2001, ISBN 5-88086-147-3 , p. 361.
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} Administrative division of the Arkhangelsk governorate from 18.-20. Century ( Memento of the original from July 24, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Russian); Retrieved October 3, 2015