The Kazan Province (russian: Каза́нская прови́нция) - province of
Kazan Governorate
The Kazan Governorate (russian: Каза́нская губе́рния; tt-Cyrl, Казан губернасы; cv, Хусан кӗперниӗ; mhr, Озаҥ губерний), or the Government of Kazan, was a governorate (a '' guberniya'') ...
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 1719–1775. Its center was the city of
Kazan
Kazan ( ; rus, Казань, p=kɐˈzanʲ; tt-Cyrl, Казан, ''Qazan'', IPA: ɑzan is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan in Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Volga and the Kazanka rivers, covering an ...
.
Kazan province was formed as part of the Kazan gubernya by decree of
Peter the Great in 1719. The cities of Kazan and
Urzhum were included in the province.
[http://geo.1september.ru/view_article.php?ID=200101502 Изменение административно-территориального деления России за последние 300 лет]
In November 1775, the division of
gubernyas into provinces was abolished.
References
Provinces of the Russian Empire
States and territories established in 1719
States and territories disestablished in 1775
History of Tatarstan
History of Kazan
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