Kostroma Governorate (russian: link=no, Костромская губерния, ''Kostromskaya guberniya'') was an administrative division (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. ...

and the

Russian SFSR The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR or RSFSR ( rus, Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика, Rossíyskaya Sovétskaya Federatívnaya Soci ...

, which existed from 1796 to 1929. Its administrative center was in the city of

Kostroma Kostroma ( rus, Кострома́, p=kəstrɐˈma) is a historic city and the administrative center of Kostroma Oblast, Russia. A part of the Golden Ring of Russian cities, it is located at the confluence of the rivers Volga and Kostroma. Popu ...

Administrative division

Kostroma Governorate consisted of 12 uyezds (their administrative centres in brackets): *

Buysky Uyezd Buysky Uyezd (''Буйский уезд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Kostroma Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the northwestern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Buy. Demographics At the time of ...

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Buy Buy may refer to a trade, i.e., an exchange of goods and services via bartering or a monetary purchase. The term may also refer to: Places * Buy (inhabited locality), any of several inhabited localities in Russia * Burlington-Alamance Regional A ...

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Varnavinsky Uyezd Varnavinsky Uyezd (''Варнавинский уезд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Kostroma Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the southeastern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Varnavino. Demog ...

( Varnavino) * Vetluzhsky Uyezd (

Vetluga Vetluga (russian: Ветлу́га) is a town and the administrative center of Vetluzhsky District in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Vetluga River. Population: History It was founded in 1636 and granted town st ...

) *

Galichsky Uyezd Galichsky Uyezd (''Галичский уезд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Kostroma Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the western part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Galich, Russia, Galich. Demogra ...

( Galich) *

Kineshemsky Uyezd Kineshemsky Uyezd (''Кинешемский уезд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Kostroma Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the southwestern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Kineshma. Demographi ...

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Kineshma Kineshma (russian: Кинешма), the second-largest town in Ivanovo Oblast in Russia, sprawls for along the Volga River, 335 kilometers north-east of Moscow. Population: History Kineshma was first noticed as a ''posad'' in 1429. In 1504, ...

) *

Kologrivsky Uyezd Kologrivsky Uyezd (''Кологривский уезд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Kostroma Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the northern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Kologriv. Demographics ...

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Kologriv Kologriv (russian: Кологри́в) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, town and the administrative center of Kologrivsky District in Kostroma Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Unzha River northeast of Kostroma, the ad ...

) * Kostromskoy Uyezd (

) * Makaryevsky Uyezd (

Makaryev Makaryev (russian: Мака́рьев) is a town and the administrative center of Makaryevsky District in Kostroma Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Unzha River (Volga's tributary), east of Kostroma, the administrative center of the ...

) *

Nerekhtsky Uyezd Nerekhtsky Uyezd (''Нерехтский уезд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Kostroma Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the southwestern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Nerekhta, Kostroma Oblas ...

( Nerekhta) *

Soligalichsky Uyezd Soligalichsky Uyezd (''Солигаличский уезд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Kostroma Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the northwestern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Soligalich. De ...

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Soligalich Soligalich (russian: Солига́лич) is a town and the administrative center of Soligalichsky District in Kostroma Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Kostroma River. Population: History It originated as an important center ...

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Chukhlomskoy Uyezd Chukhlomskoy Uyezd (''Чухломской уезд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Kostroma Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the northwestern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Chukhloma. Demographics ...

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Chukhloma Chukhloma (russian: Чу́хлома) is a town and the administrative center of Chukhlomsky District in Kostroma Oblast, Russia, located on Lake Chukhloma, from the railway node Galich and northeast of Kostroma, the administrative center of t ...

) *

Yuryevetsky Uyezd Yuryevetsky Uyezd (''Юрьевецкий уезд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Kostroma Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the southwestern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Yuryevets. Demographics ...

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Yuryevets Yuryevets (russian: Юрьевец) is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia. Modern localities Urban localities *Yuryevets, Ivanovo Oblast, a town in Yuryevetsky District of Ivanovo Oblast Rural localities * Yuryevets, Dzerzhinsk, ...

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History

References

* Governorates of the Russian Empire Governorates of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic States and territories established in 1796 States and territories disestablished in 1929 1796 establishments in the Russian Empire {{russia-stub