Major events
The second administrative reform of 1719 was carried out by
Peter the Great in order to fix the deficiencies of the original system. On June 9 (May 29 in the
Julian calendar
The Julian calendar, proposed by Roman consul Julius Caesar in 46 BC, was a reform of the Roman calendar. It took effect on , by edict. It was designed with the aid of Greek mathematicians and astronomers such as Sosigenes of Alexandr ...
), 1719 Peter issued an
ukase
In Imperial Russia, a ukase () or ukaz (russian: указ ) was a proclamation of the tsar, government, or a religious leader ( patriarch) that had the force of law. " Edict" and "decree" are adequate translations using the terminology and concep ...
(edict) that abolished the division of the
governorates
A governorate is an administrative division of a state. It is headed by a governor. As English-speaking nations tend to call regions administered by governors either states or provinces, the term ''governorate'' is often used in translation from ...
into ''lots'' (). Instead, most of the Governorates were divided into ''provinces'' (провинции), and provinces were further subdivided into ''districts'' (дистрикты). Provinces were governed by ''
voyevodas''. The idea of the subdivision of governorates into province was borrowed from the administrative division system of
Sweden and other
Europe
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an countries. Districts were introduced to replace the old system of subdivision into ''
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''; however, the borders of the new districts did not match those of the old ''uyezds''. The purpose of the districts was also different from that of the ''uyezds''—population of each district was taxed to support military units assigned to it.
*June 9 (May 29), 1719—Nizhny Novgorod Governorate was re-established.
*June 9 (May 29), 1719—
Revel Governorate was formed on the newly acquired Baltic lands.
Subdivisions (as of 1724)
*
Archangelgorod Governorate (Архангелогородская губерния)
**subdivided into 4 ''provinces'':
***Archangelgorod Province (Архангелогородская провинция)
***Galich Province (Галичская провинция)
***Ustyug Province (Устюжская провинция)
***Vologda Province (Вологодская провинция)
*
Astrakhan Governorate (Астраханская губерния)
**not subdivided
*
Azov Governorate
Azov Governorate (russian: Азовская губерния, ''Azovskaya guberniya'') was an administrative division (a '' guberniya'') of the Russian Empire, which existed from 1775 to 1783. The administrative seat of the Azov Government was i ...
(Азовская губерния)
**subdivided into 5 ''provinces'':
***Bakhmut Province (Бахмутская провинция)
***Shatsk Province (Шацкая провинция)
***Tambov Province (Тамбовская провинция)
***Voronezh Province (Воронежская провинция)
***Yeletsk Province (Елецкая провинция)
*
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'') ...
(Казанская губерния)
**subdivided into 4 ''provinces'':
***Kazan Province (Казанская провинция)
***Penza Province (Пензенская провинция)
***Sviyaga Province (Свияжская провинция)
***Ufa Province (Уфимская провинция)
*
Kiev Governorate
Kiev Governorate, r=Kievskaya guberniya; uk, Київська губернія, Kyivska huberniia (, ) was an administrative division of the Russian Empire from 1796 to 1919 and the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic from 1919 to 1925. It wa ...
(Киевская губерния)
**subdivided into 4 ''provinces'':
***Belgorod Province (Белгородская провинция)
***Kiev Province (Киевская провинция)
***Oryol Province (Орловская провинция)
***Sevsk Province (Севская провинция)
*
Moscow Governorate (Московская губерния)
**subdivided into 9 ''provinces'':
***Kaluga Province (Калужская провинция)
***Kostroma Province (Костромская провинция)
***Moscow Province (Московская провинция)
***Pereyaslavl-Ryazan Province (Переяславль-Рязанская провинция)
***Pereyaslavl-Zalessk Province (Переяславско-Залесская провинция)
***Suzdal Province (Суздальская провинция)
***Tula Province (Тульская провинция)
***Vladimir Province (Владимирская провинция)
***Yuryevo-Polsk Province (Юрьево-Польская провинция)
*
Nizhny Novgorod Governorate
The Nizhny Novgorod Governorate (Pre-reformed rus, Нижегородская губернія, r=Nizhegorodskaya guberniya, p=nʲɪʐɨɡɐˈrotskəjə ɡʊˈbʲernʲɪjə), was an administrative division (a '' guberniya'') of the Russian Empi ...
(Нижегородская губерния)
**subdivided into 3 ''provinces'':
***Alatyr Province (Алатырская провинция)
***Arzamas Province (Арзамасская провинция)
***Nizhny Novgorod Province (Нижегородская провинция)
*
Revel Governorate (Ревельская губерния)
**not subdivided
*
Riga Governorate
Riga Governorate or the Province of Riga (russian: Рижская губерния) was the administrative region of the Russian Empire in modern southern Estonia and northern Latvia from 1713 to 1783. The Province of Riga was formed to replace th ...
(Рижская губерния)
**subdivided into 2 ''provinces'':
***Riga Province (Рижская провинция)
***Smolensk Province (Смоленская провинция)
*
St. Petersburg Governorate (Санкт-Петербургская губерния)
**subdivided into 11 ''provinces'':
***Belozersk Province (Белозерская провинция)
***Narva Province (Нарвская провинция)
***Novgorod Province (Новгородская провинция)
***Petersburg Province (Петербургская провинция)
***Poshekhonye Province (Пошехонская провинция)
***Pskov Province (Псковская провинция)
***Tver Province (Тверская провинция)
***Uglich Province (Угличская провинция)
***Velikiye Luki Province (Великолуцкая провинция)
***Vyborg Province (Выборгская провинция)
***Yaroslavl Province (Ярославская провинция)
*
Siberian Governorate (Сибирская губерния)
**subdivided into 5 ''provinces'':
***Irkutsk Province (Иркутская провинция)
***Sol-Kamsk Province (Соль-Камская провинция)
***Tobolsk Province (Тобольская провинция)
***Vyatka Province (Вятская провинция)
***Yenisei Province (Енисейская провинция)
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