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Caucasus Governorate
Caucasus Governorate (russian: link=no, Кавказская губерния, ''Kavkazskaya guberniya'') was an administrative division (a '' guberniya'') of the Russian Empire, which existed from 1802 until 1822. Its seat was located in Georgiyevsk. The governorate was located in the south of the European part of the Russian Empire. In 1822, the governorate was abolished and transformed into Caucasus Oblast, with the administrative center in Stavropol. In terms of modern administrative divisions of Russia, the area of Caucasus Governorate is currently split between Stavropol and Krasnodar Krais, Rostov Oblast, and the Republics of Kabardino-Balkaria, North Ossetia–Alania, Ingushetia, Chechnya, Dagestan, and Kalmykia, with the major part of it being located in Stavropol Krai. History Russian colonization of the Northern Caucasus started in the 1770s. In 1785, Caucasus Viceroyalty was established. It consisted of Caucasus Oblast with the seat in Yekaterinograd and Ast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgiyevsk
Georgiyevsk (russian: Гео́ргиевск) ( os, Гуым) is a historical town in Stavropol Krai, Russia, located in the North Caucasus on submontane tableland on the right bank of the Podkumok River (a tributary of the Kuma River), southeast of Stavropol. Population: History It was founded in September 1777 as St. George fortress on the Azov-Mozdok defense line. In 1783, Georgievsk saw the signing of the Treaty of Georgievsk between the Russian Empire and the Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti, which made the east Georgian kingdom a Russian protectorate. After 1785, Georgiyevsk grew considerably. In 1786, it was granted town status. After 1802, it was the seat of Caucasian Governorate. The early 19th century marked a peak in Georgiyevsk's influence as a trading center. After 1822, the town's influence began to wane. In 1875, a railway station was built away in Nezlobnaya. This became a new beginning in town's development. In 1894, the first blacksmith works was founded. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astrakhan Oblast (Russian Empire)
Astrakhan Oblast (russian: Астраха́нская о́бласть, Astrakhanskaya oblast; ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast) located in southern Russia. Its administrative center is the city of Astrakhan. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 1,010,073. Geography Astrakhan is traversed by the northeasterly line of equal latitude and longitude. Its southern border is the Caspian Sea, eastern is Kazakhstan (Atyrau Region and West Kazakhstan Region), northern is Volgograd Oblast, and western is Kalmykia. It is within the Russian Southern Federal District. History Astrakhan region is the homeland of the Buzhans, one of several Slavic tribes from which modern Russians evolved; they lived in Southern Russia and inhabited the area around the Buzan river. In the 16th century, Indians began moving to the region, bringing Indian influence. From August - December 1942, the German invaders reached the border of Astrakhansky Oblast, crossing into the region: the Abw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Governorates Of The Russian Empire
A governorate, gubernia, province, or government ( rus, губе́рния, p=ɡʊˈbʲɛrnʲɪjə, also romanized ; uk, губернія, huberniia), was a major and principal administrative subdivision of the Russian Empire. After the empire was ended by revolution, they remained as subdivisions in Belarus, the Russian republic, Ukraine, and in the Soviet Union from its formation until 1929. The term is also translated as ''government'', '' governorate'', or ''province''. A governorate was ruled by a governor (, ''gubernator''), a word borrowed from Latin , in turn from Greek . Selected governorates were united under an assigned governor general such as the Grand Duchy of Finland, Congress Poland, Russian Turkestan and others. There also were military governors such as Kronstadt, Vladivostok, and others. Aside from governorates, other types of divisions were oblasts (region) and okrugs (district). First reform This subdivision type was created by the edict (ukase) of Pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moscow
Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million residents within the city limits, over 17 million residents in the urban area, and over 21.5 million residents in the metropolitan area. The city covers an area of , while the urban area covers , and the metropolitan area covers over . Moscow is among the world's largest cities; being the most populous city entirely in Europe, the largest urban and metropolitan area in Europe, and the largest city by land area on the European continent. First documented in 1147, Moscow grew to become a prosperous and powerful city that served as the capital of the Grand Duchy that bears its name. When the Grand Duchy of Moscow evolved into the Tsardom of Russia, Moscow remained the political and economic center for most of the Tsardom's history. When th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stavropolsky Uyezd
Stavropolsky (masculine), Stavropolskaya (feminine), or Stavropolskoye (neuter) may refer to: * Stavropol Krai (''Stavropolsky kray''), a federal subject of Russia * Stavropolsky District, a district of Samara Oblast, Russia * Stavropolsky, Russia, a rural locality (a settlement) in Stavropol Krai, Russia * Stavropolskaya, a rural locality (a ''stanitsa'') in Krasnodar Krai Krasnodar Krai (russian: Краснода́рский край, r=Krasnodarsky kray, p=krəsnɐˈdarskʲɪj kraj) is a federal subject of Russia (a krai), located in the North Caucasus region in Southern Russia and administratively a part of ..., Russia See also * Stavropol (other) {{Geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mozdok
Mozdok (russian: Моздо́к; os, Мæздæг, ''Mæzdæg''; Kabardian: Мэздэгу) is a town and the administrative center of Mozdoksky District of North Ossetia – Alania, Russia, located on the left shore of the Terek River, north of the republic's capital Vladikavkaz. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 38,768. Etymology The town's name comes from "''мэз дэгу (mez dugu)"'', a Kabardian word meaning "the dense forest".Barrett, Thomas M. (1999). ''At the edge of empire: the Terek Cossacks and the North Caucasus frontier, 1700-1860''. Westview Press, , p. 44. History During the reign of Catherine II the Russian army started entering Circassian soil and Russia started building forts in an attempt to quickly annex Circassia. In 1763, Russian forces occupied the village of Mezdeug in Eastern Circassia, and established Mozdok as a Russian fort, settling the families of the Volga Cossacks in ''stanitsas'' around it. Thus, the Russo-Circassian W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mozdoksky Uyezd
Mozdoksky (masculine), Mozdokskaya (feminine), or Mozdokskoye (neuter) may refer to: *Mozdoksky District, a district of the Republic of North Ossetia–Alania, Russia *Mozdokskoye Urban Settlement, a municipal formation which Mozdok Town Under District Jurisdiction in Mozdoksky District of the Republic of North Ossetia–Alania, Russia is incorporated as *Mozdoksky Uyezd, an administrative division of Caucasus Governorate in the Russian Empire *Mozdoksky (rural locality), a rural locality (a ''khutor'') in Stavropol Krai, Russia {{Geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kizlyar
Kizlyar (russian: Кизля́р; av, Гъизляр; kum, Къызлар, ''Qızlar'') is a town in the Republic of Dagestan, Russia, located on the border with the Chechen Republic in the delta of the Terek River northwest of Makhachkala, the capital of the republic. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 48,984. Etymology According to some researchers, the name of the city comes from an old name for the Terek River. Another translation of the name Kizlyar is from an unspecified Turkic language, meaning "girls". According to Vyacheslav Nikonov, correct translation of this Turkic toponym is "red cliff". History The first documented reference to Kizlyar dates back to 1609, although some historians associate the place with Samandar, the 8th-century capital of Khazaria. In 1735 the Russian government built a fortress in Kizlyar and laid foundations for the Caucasus fortified borderline. In the 18th and 19th centuries, Kizlyar operated as one of the trading posts b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kizlyarsky Uyezd
Kizlyarsky District (russian: Кизля́рский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #16 and municipalLaw #6 district (raion), one of the forty-one in the Republic of Dagestan, Russia. It is located in the north of the republic. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the town of Kizlyar (which is not administratively a part of the district).Law #16 As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 67,287. Administrative and municipal status Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kizlyarsky District is one of the forty-one in the republic. It is divided into nineteen selsoviets, comprising eighty-four rural localities. The town of Kizlyar serves as its administrative center An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located. In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu .. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgiyevsky Uyezd
Georgiyevsky (masculine), Georgiyevskaya (feminine), or Georgiyevskoye (neuter) may refer to: *Yevlogy Georgiyevsky (1868–1946), metropolitan of the Russian Orthodox Church *Georgiyevsky District, a district of Stavropol Krai, Russia *Georgiyevsky Municipal Okrug, a municipal okrug of Frunzensky District of Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ..., Russia * Georgiyevsky (rural locality) (''Georgiyevskaya'', ''Georgiyevskoye''), name of several rural localities in Russia {{Disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandrovskoye, Stavropol Krai
Alexandrovskoye (russian: Алекса́ндровское) is a rural locality (a '' selo'') and the administrative center of Alexandrovsky District of Stavropol Krai, Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the .... Population: References {{Authority control Rural localities in Stavropol Krai Stavropol Governorate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandrovsky Uyezd, Caucasus Governorate
Alexandrovsky (masculine), Alexandrovskaya (feminine), or Alexandrovskoye (neuter) may refer to: ;Geography *Alexandrovsky District, several districts in Russia *Alexandrovskoye Urban Settlement, a municipal formation in Alexandrovsky Municipal District which a part of the town of krai significance of Alexandrovsk in Perm Krai, Russia is incorporated as *Alexandrovsky, Russia (''Alexandrovskaya'', ''Alexandrovskoye''), several inhabited localities in Russia *Alexandrovsky Uyezd (1883–1921), an uyezd of Arkhangelsk Governorate of the Russian Empire and the Russian SFSR *Alexandrovskaya Volost (1920–1927), a volost of Alexandrovsky Uyezd of Arkhangelsk Governorate and later of Murmansk Governorate *Alexandrovskoye, former name of Şəhriyar, Sabirabad, a village in Azerbaijan *Fort Alexandrovsky, former name of Fort-Shevchenko, Kazakhstan, from 1857 to 1939 *Alexandrovskaya railway station, a railway station in St. Petersburg, Russia *Aleksandrovskaia, a settlement in Russian Ameri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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