Ekostrovskaya Volost (russian: Экостровская волость) was an administrative division (a
volost
Volost ( rus, во́лость, p=ˈvoləsʲtʲ; ) was a traditional administrative subdivision in Eastern Europe.
In earlier East Slavic history, ''volost'' was a name for the territory ruled by the knyaz, a principality; either as an absolute ...
) of
Kemsky Uyezd Kemsky Uyezd (''Ке́мский уе́зд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Arkhangelsk Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the western part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Kem. In terms of present-day admi ...
of
Arkhangelsk Governorate
Arkhangelsk Governorate (russian: link=no, Архангельская губерния, ''Arkhangelskaya guberniya'') was an administrative division (a '' guberniya'') of the Russian Empire and Russian SFSR, which existed from 1796 until 1929. ...
of the
Russian Empire
The Russian Empire was an empire and the final period of the Russian monarchy from 1721 to 1917, ruling across large parts of Eurasia. It succeeded the Tsardom of Russia following the Treaty of Nystad, which ended the Great Northern War. ...
, which existed in 1866–1868.
[Administrative-Territorial Division of Murmansk Oblast, p. 23]
It was established in 1866 when
Ekostrovskoye Rural Community was transformed into a volost.
In 1868, together with
Voronyinskaya Volost and
Pechengskaya Volost it was merged into a newly created
Kolsko-Loparskaya Volost
Kolsko-Loparskaya Volost (russian: Ко́льско-Лопа́рская во́лость) was at various times an administrative division (a volost) of Kemsky, Kolsky, and Alexandrovsky Uyezds of Arkhangelsk Governorate of the Russian Empire (a ...
.
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Arkhangelsk Governorate volosts
States and territories established in 1866
1868 disestablishments
1866 establishments in the Russian Empire