Tula Governorate

Tula Governorate (Russian: Тульская губерния, romanized: Tul'skaya guberniya) was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of the Russian Empire and the Russian SFSR.^[2] The governate existed from 1796 to 1929; its seat was in the city of Tula. It was divided into 12 districts.^[2] The main towns were Alexin, Bogoroditsk, Byelev, Chern, Epifan, Efremov, Kashira, Krapivna, Novosil, Odoyev, Tula, and Venev.

Tula Governorate Тульская губерния
Governorate of Russian Empire (1796–1917), Russian Republic, and RSFSR (1917–1929)
1796–1929
Coat of arms
Location in the Russian Empire
Capital	Tula
Area
•	30,960.3 km2 (11,953.8 sq mi)
Population
• 1897[1]	1,419,456
History
• Established	1796
• Disestablished	1929
Preceded by Succeeded by Tula Viceroyalty Central Industrial Oblast

Administrative division

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

• Aleksinsky Uyezd (Aleksin)
• Belyovsky Uyezd (Belyov)
• Bogoroditsky Uyezd (Bogoroditsk)
• Venyovsky Uyezd (Venyov)
• Yepifansky Uyezd (Yepifan)
• Yefremovsky Uyezd (Yefremov)
• Kashirsky Uyezd (Kashira)
• Krapivensky Uyezd (Krapivna)
• Novosilsky Uyezd (Novosil)
• Odoyevsky Uyezd (Odoyev)
• Tulsky Uyezd (Tula)
• Chernsky Uyezd (Chern)

See also

• Tula Oblast