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Moscow Governorate (russian: Московская губерния; pre-reform Russian: ), or the Government of Moscow, was an administrative division (a '' guberniya'') of the
As with the rest of the governorates, initially, neither the borders nor internal subdivisions of Moscow Governorate were defined; instead, the territory was defined as a set of cities and the lands adjacent to those cities. Later, Moscow Governorate was subdivided into 13 uyezds. The governorate underwent numerous changes in the following years, and was finally abolished on January 14, 1929 when modern Moscow Oblast was created.
Religion Statistics of 1897
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 Tsardom of Russia or Tsardom of Rus' also externally referenced as the Tsardom of Muscovy, was the centralized Russian state from the assumption of the title of Tsar by Ivan IV in 1547 until the foundation of the Russian Empire by Peter I ...
, 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 in 1708–1929.
Administrative division
Moscow Governorate consisted of 13 uyezds (their administrative centres in brackets): * Bogorodsky Uyezd ( Bogorodsk/Noginsk) * Bronnitsky Uyezd ( Bronnitsy) * Vereysky Uyezd (Vereya Vereya (russian: Верея) is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia.
;Urban localities
*Vereya, Naro-Fominsky District, Moscow Oblast, a town in Naro-Fominsky District of Moscow Oblast
;Rural localities
* Vereya, Orekhovo-Zuyevsky ...
)
* Volokolamsky Uyezd (Volokolamsk
Volokolamsk (russian: Волокола́мск) is a town and the administrative center of Volokolamsky District in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the Gorodenka River, not far from its confluence with the Lama River, northwest of Moscow. Po ...
)
* Dmitrovsky Uyezd (Dmitrov
Dmitrov ( rus, Дмитров, p=ˈdmʲitrəf) is a town and the administrative center of Dmitrovsky District in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located to the north of Moscow on the Yakhroma River and the Moscow Canal. Population:
History
Dmitrov ...
)
* Zvenigorodsky Uyezd ( Zvenigorod)
* Klinsky Uyezd (Klin
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)
* Kolomensky Uyezd (Kolomna
Kolomna ( rus, Колóмна, p=kɐˈlomnə) is a historical city in Moscow Oblast, Russia, situated at the confluence of the Moskva and Oka Rivers, (by rail) southeast of Moscow. Population:
History
Mentioned for the first time in 1177, Ko ...
)
* Mozhaysky Uyezd (Mozhaysk
MozhayskAlternative transliterations include ''Mozhaisk'', ''Mozhajsk'', ''Mozhaĭsk'', and ''Možajsk''. ( rus, Можа́йск, p=mɐˈʐajsk) is a town and the administrative center of Mozhaysky District in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located to th ...
)
* Moskovsky Uyezd (Moscow
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)
* Podolsky Uyezd Podolsky Uyezd (''Подольский уезд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Moscow Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the southern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Podolsk.
Demographics
At the time ...
( Podolsk)
* Ruzsky Uyezd ( Ruza)
* Serpukhovsky Uyezd ( Serpukhov)
History
Moscow Governorate, together with seven other governorates, was established on , 1708, byTsar
Tsar ( or ), also spelled ''czar'', ''tzar'', or ''csar'', is a title used by East and South Slavic monarchs. The term is derived from the Latin word ''caesar'', which was intended to mean "emperor" in the European medieval sense of the ter ...
Peter the Great's edict
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''Edict'' derives from the Latin edictum.
Notable edicts
* Telepinu Pro ...
.Указ об учреждении губерний и о росписании к ним городовAs with the rest of the governorates, initially, neither the borders nor internal subdivisions of Moscow Governorate were defined; instead, the territory was defined as a set of cities and the lands adjacent to those cities. Later, Moscow Governorate was subdivided into 13 uyezds. The governorate underwent numerous changes in the following years, and was finally abolished on January 14, 1929 when modern Moscow Oblast was created.
Demography
Language
*Population by mother tongue according to the Imperial census of 1897.Religion
*According to the Imperial census of 1897.References
Further reading
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