Tula Governorate (russian: Тульская губерния) 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 ...

, located in the south of

Moscow Governorate Moscow Governorate (russian: Московская губерния; pre-reform Russian: ), or the Government of Moscow, was an administrative division (a '' guberniya'') of the Tsardom of Russia, the Russian Empire, and the Russian SFSR, whic ...

. The Governate existed from 1796 to 1929; its seat was in the city of

Tula Tula may refer to: Geography Antarctica *Tula Mountains * Tula Point India * Tulā, a solar month in the traditional Indian calendar Iran * Tula, Iran, a village in Hormozgan Province Italy * Tula, Sardinia, municipality (''comune'') in the ...

. It was divided into twelve districts. The main towns were Alexin,

Bogoroditsk Bogoroditsk (russian: Богоро́дицк) is a town and the administrative center of Bogoroditsky District in Tula Oblast, Russia, located on the Upyorta River, a tributary of the Upa. Population: History It was founded in the second ...

, Byelev, Chern, Epifan, Efremov, Kashira, Krapivna, Novosil,

Odoyev Odoyev (Russian: ''Одоев'') is an urban settlement (Russian: ''рабочий посёлок'') since 1959, in the west of Tula Oblast, Russia, the administrative center of Odoyevsky District. It sits on the left bank of the Upa river, a rig ...

, and

Venev Venyov (russian: Венёв) is a town and the administrative center of Venyovsky District in Tula Oblast, Russia, located on the Venyovka River, east of Tula, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: History It was founded in th ...

Administrative division

Ufa Governorate consisted of the following uyezds (administrative centres in parentheses): * Aleksinsky Uyezd (

Aleksin Aleksin (russian: Але́ксин) is a town and the administrative center of Aleksinsky District in Tula Oblast, Russia, located northwest of Tula, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: History It was founded at the end of ...

) * Belyovsky Uyezd (

Belyov Belyov (russian: Белёв) is a town and the administrative center of Belyovsky District in Tula Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Oka River. Population: 13,180 (2018); History As is the case with many other towns in the former U ...

) *

Bogoroditsky Uyezd Bogoroditsky Uyezd (''Богородицкий уезд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Tula Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the central part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Bogoroditsk. Demographics ...

(

) *

Venyovsky Uyezd Venyovsky Uyezd (''Венёвский уезд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Tula Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the northeastern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Venyov. Demographics At the time ...

(

Venyov Venyov (russian: Венёв) is a town and the administrative center of Venyovsky District in Tula Oblast, Russia, located on the Venyovka River, east of Tula, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: History It was founded in th ...

) *

Yepifansky Uyezd Yepifansky Uyezd (''Епифанский уезд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Tula Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the eastern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Yepifan. Demographics At the t ...

(

Yepifan Yepifan (russian: Епифань) is an urban locality (a work settlement) in Kimovsky District of Tula Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Don River about southeast of Kimovsk and southeast of Tula, in the proximity of the Ku ...

) *

Yefremovsky Uyezd Yefremovsky Uyezd (''Ефремовский уезд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Tula Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the southeastern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Yefremov. Demographics At ...

( Yefremov) *

Kashirsky Uyezd Kashirsky Uyezd (''Каши́рский уе́зд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Tula Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the northern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Kashira. Demographics At the t ...

( Kashira) *

Krapivensky Uyezd Krapivensky Uyezd (''Крапивенский уезд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Tula Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the central part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Krapivna. Demographics At ...

( Krapivna) *

Novosilsky Uyezd Novosilsky Uyezd (''Новосильский уезд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Tula Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the southwestern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Novosil. Demographics A ...

( Novosil) *

Odoyevsky Uyezd Odoyevsky Uyezd (''Одоевский уезд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Tula Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the western part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Odoyev. Demographics At the time o ...

(

) * Tulsky Uyezd (

) * Chernsky Uyezd ( Chern)

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

Administrative division

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