Ekostrovskoye Rural Community (russian: Экостровское сельское общество) was an administrative division (a
rural community
In general, a rural area or a countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities. Typical rural areas have a low population density and small settlements. Agricultural areas and areas with forestry typically are describ ...
) 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 1861–1866.
[Administrative-Territorial Division of Murmansk Oblast, pp. 22–23]
Ekostrovskoye Rural Community was one of the eight rural communities of Kemsky Uyezd created on , 1861 to replace
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 ...
s.
The rural community had the same rights as the volosts in other
uyezd
An uezd (also spelled uyezd; rus, уе́зд, p=ʊˈjest), or povit in a Ukrainian context ( uk, повіт), or Kreis in Baltic-German context, was a type of administrative subdivision of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, the Russian Empire, and the ea ...
s.
As of the time of its creation, it included the ''
pogost
''Pogost'' (russian: погост, from Old East Slavic: погостъ) is a historical term with several meanings in the Russian language. It has also been borrowed into Latgalian (''pogosts''), Finnish (''pogosta'') and Latvian (''pagasts'') ...
s'' of
Babinsky,
Ekostrovsky,
Maselgsky,
Notozersky, and
Songelsky.
In 1866, the rural community was transformed into
Ekostrovskaya Volost.
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*{{Cite book, last=Архивный отдел Администрации Мурманской области. Государственный Архив Мурманской области., title=Административно-территориальное деление Мурманской области (1920-1993 гг.). Справочник, publisher=Мурманское издательско-полиграфическое предприятие "Север", year=1995, location=Мурманск
Rural communities of the Russian Empire
States and territories established in 1861
1866 disestablishments
1861 establishments in the Russian Empire