Kursk Governorate

Kursk Governorate (Russian: Курская губерния, romanized: Kurskaya guberniya) was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of the Russian Empire, which existed from 1796 to 1928 with its capital in Kursk.

Kursk Governorate Курская губерния
Governorate of the Russian Empire (1796-1917), Russian Republic and RSFSR (1917–1928)
1796–1928
Coat of arms
Location in the Russian Empire
Capital	Kursk
Area
• 1914	46,455 km2 (17,936 sq mi)
• 1926	43,653 km2 (16,855 sq mi)
Population
• 1914	3,256,600[1]
• 1926	2,906,360[2]
History
• Established	12 December 1796
• Disestablished	1928
Preceded by Succeeded by Kursk Viceroyalty Central Black Earth Oblast
Today part of	Russia Ukraine

Administrative divisions

As of 1914, Kursk Governorate included 15 uyezds.

• Belgorodsky Uyezd
• Grayvoronsky Uyezd
• Dmitriyevsky Uyezd
• Korochansky Uyezd
• Kursky Uyezd
• Lgovsky Uyezd
• Novooskolsky Uyezd
• Oboyansky Uyezd
• Putivlsky Uyezd
• Rylsky Uyezd
• Starooskolsky Uyezd
• Sudzhansky Uyezd
• Timsky Uyezd
• Fatezhsky Uyezd
• Shchigrovsky Uyezd

Symbolic

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  Coat of arms of the governorate before 1857
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  Coat of arms of the governorate (1880)