Oryol Governorate

Oryol Governorate (Russian: Орловская губерния, romanized: Orlovskaya guberniya) was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of the Russian Empire and the Russian SFSR, which existed from 1796 to 1928. Its seat was in the city of Oryol.

Oryol Governorate Орловская губерния
Governorate of the Russian Empire (1778/1796–1917), Russian Republic, and RSFSR (1917–1928)
1778/1796–1928
Coat of arms
Location in the Russian Empire
Capital	Oryol
Area
•	46,726.2 km2 (18,041.1 sq mi)
Population
• 1897[1]	2,033,798
History
• Established	1778/1796
• Disestablished	1928
Preceded by Succeeded by Oryol Viceroyalty Central Black Earth Oblast

Administrative division

Oryol Governorate consisted of the following uyezds (administrative centres in parentheses):

• Bolkhovsky Uyezd (Bolkhov)
• Bryansky Uyezd (Bryansk)
• Dmitrovsky Uyezd (Dmitrovsk)
• Yeletsky Uyezd (Yelets)
• Karachevsky Uyezd (Karachev)
• Kromskoy Uyezd (Kromy)
• Livensky Uyezd (Livny)
• Maloarkhangelsky Uyezd (Maloarkhangelsk)
• Mtsensky Uyezd (Mtsensk)
• Orlovsky Uyezd (Oryol)
• Sevsky Uyezd (Sevsk)
• Trubchevsky Uyezd (Trubchevsk)