Moscow Governorate

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The Moscow Governorate[a] was a province (guberniya) of the Tsardom of Russia, and the Russian Empire. It was bordered by Tver Governorate to the north, Vladimir Governorate to the northeast, Ryazan Governorate to the southeast, Tula Governorate to the south, Kaluga Governorate to the southwest, and Smolensk Governorate to the west. Moscow Governorate consisted of an area of 33,272.84 square kilometres (12,846.72 sq mi) and a population of 2,430,581 in 1897. Its capital was in Moscow.

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Moscow Governorate
Московская губерния
Coat of arms of Moscow Governorate
Location in the Russian Empire
Location in the Russian Empire
CountryRussian Empire
Established1708
Abolished1929
CapitalMoscow
Area
  Total
33,272.84 km2 (12,846.72 sq mi)
Population
 (1897)
  Total
2,430,581
  Density73/km2 (190/sq mi)
  Urban
46.67%
  Rural
53.33%
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Map of Moscow Governorate in 1873 with uyezds

Administrative division

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The counties (uezds) of the Moscow Governorate in 1897 were as follows:

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CountyCapitalAreaPopulation
(1897 census)
Transliteration nameRussian Cyrillic
BogorodskyБогородскійBogorodsk (Noginsk)3,068.5 square versts
(3,492.1 km2; 1,348.3 sq mi)
222,341
BronnitskyБронницкійBronnitsy2,051 square versts
(2,334 square kilometres; 901 square miles)
130,304
VereyskyВерейскійVereya1,623.3 square versts
(1,847.4 square kilometres; 713.3 square miles)
54,074
VolokolamskyВолоколамскійVolokolamsk2,138 square versts
(2,433 square kilometres; 939 square miles)
80,984
Dmitrovsky UyezdДмитровскійDmitrov2,974.6 square versts
(3,385.3 square kilometres; 1,307.1 square miles)
119,686
ZvenigorodskyЗвенигородскійZvenigorod2,012.3 square versts
(2,290.1 square kilometres; 884.2 square miles)
84,375
KlinskyКлинскійKlin3,095.9 square versts
(3,523.3 square kilometres; 1,360.4 square miles)
115,162
KolomenskyКоломенскійKolomna1,861.4 square versts
(2,118.4 square kilometres; 817.9 square miles)
111,927
MozhayskyМожайскійMozhaysk1,621.5 square versts
(1,845.4 square kilometres; 712.5 square miles)
53,967
MoskovskyМосковскійMoscow2,393 square versts
(2,723 square kilometres; 1,052 square miles)
1,203,926
PodolskyПодольскійPodolsk2,160.4 square versts
(2,458.7 square kilometres; 949.3 square miles)
86,311
RuzskyРузскійRuza1,984.1 square versts
(2,258.0 square kilometres; 871.8 square miles)
55,522
SerpukhovskyСерпуховскійSerpukhov2,252.4 square versts
(2,563.4 square kilometres; 989.7 square miles)
112,002
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History

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Moscow Governorate, together with seven other governorates, was established on December 29 [O.S. December 18], 1708, by Tsar Peter the Great's edict.[1] As with the rest of the governorates, initially, neither the borders nor internal subdivisions of Moscow Governorate were defined; instead, the territory was defined as a set of cities and the lands adjacent to those cities.[2] Later, Moscow Governorate was subdivided into 13 uyezds.

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Cities included into Moscow Governorate at the time of its establishment[1]
#City#City#City
1. Moscow 14. Lyubim 27. Suzdal
2. Aleksin 15. Medyn 28. Tarussa
3. Borovsk 16. Mikhaylov 29. Tsarev Borisov
4. Dedilov 17. Mozhaysk 30. Tula
5. Dmitrov 18. Obolensk 31. Veneva
6. Gremyachey 19. Pecherniki 32. Vereya
7. Kaluga 20. Pereslavl Ryazanskoy 33. Volodimir
8. Klin 21. Pereslavl Zaleskoy 34. Volokolamsk
9. Kolomna 22. Pronsk 35. Yaroslavets Maly
10. Koshira 23. Rostov 36. Yepifan
11. Kostroma 24. Ruza 37. Yuryev Polskoy
12. Krapivna 25. Serpukhov 38. Zaraysk
13. Lukh 26. Shuya 39. Zvenigorod
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The governorate underwent numerous changes in the following years, and was finally abolished on January 14, 1929 when modern Moscow Oblast was created.

Demography

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  • Population by mother tongue according to the Imperial census of 1897.
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Religion

  • According to the Imperial census of 1897.[3]
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Notes

  1. Russian: Моско́вская губе́рния, pre-reform orthography: Моско́вская губе́рнія, romanized: Moskóvskaya gubérniya

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