Saint Petersburg Governorate (russian: Санкт-Петербу́ргская губе́рния, ''Sankt-Peterburgskaya guberniya''), or Government of Saint Petersburg, 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

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, and the

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, which existed during 1917–1927.

Establishment

Ingermanland Governorate (, ''Ingermanlandskaya guberniya'') was created from the territories reconquered from the

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in the

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. In 1704 prince Alexander Menshikov was appointed as its first governor, and in 1706 it was first Russian region designated as a ''Governorate''. According to the

Tsar 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 An edict is a decree or announcement of a law, often associated with monarchism, but it can be under any official authority. Synonyms include "dictum" and "pronouncement". ''Edict'' derives from the Latin edictum. Notable edicts * Telepinu Pro ...

as on , 1708,Указ об учреждении губерний и о росписании к ним городов
the whole Russia was split into eight Governorates. In the same year Ingermanland Governorate was further expanded to encompass the regions of Pskov, Novgorod and other towns of Western Russia.Архивы Санкт-Петербурга. Краткая справка о границах С.-Петербургской (Петроградской) губернии с XVIII в. до 1918 года
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/ref> As with the rest of the governorates, neither the borders nor internal subdivisions of Ingermanland Governorate were defined; instead, the territory was defined as a set of cities and the lands adjacent to those cities. By another edict on June 3, 1710, the governorate was renamed St. Petersburg Governorate after the newly founded city of

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

, and in 1721 the former

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

Duchy of Ingria Swedish Ingria ( sv, Svenska Ingermanland, ‘land of Ingrians’) was a dominion of the Swedish Empire from 1583 to 1595 and then again from 1617 to 1721, when it was ceded to the Russian Empire in the Treaty of Nystad. History Ingria was ceded ...

, and parts of the

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and the

County of Viborg and Nyslott Viborg and Nyslott County ( sv, Viborgs och Nyslotts län, fi, Viipurin ja Savonlinnan lääni) was a county of the Swedish Empire from 1634 to 1721. The county was named after the castle towns of Viborg ( fi, Viipuri) and Nyslott ( fi, Savonl ...

were formally ceded to Russia by the

Treaty of Nystad The Treaty of Nystad (russian: Ништадтский мир; fi, Uudenkaupungin rauha; sv, Freden i Nystad; et, Uusikaupunki rahu) was the last peace treaty of the Great Northern War of 1700–1721. It was concluded between the Tsardom of ...

. After the

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in 1743, the parts of Kexholm and Viborg were joined with new territorial gains from Sweden into the

Governorate of Vyborg The Vyborg Governorate was a Russian Governorate 1744–1812, which was established in territories ceded by the Swedish Empire in the Great Northern War. By the Treaty of Nystad in 1721, Sweden formally ceded control of the parts of the Viborg a ...

(russian: Выборгская губерния). From August 18, 1914 to January 26, 1924 it was named Petrograd Governorate, and during 1924-1927 — Leningrad Governorate. It was abolished on August 1, 1927 when modern

Leningrad Oblast Leningrad Oblast ( rus, Ленинградская область, Leningradskaya oblast’, lʲɪnʲɪnˈgratskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ, , ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It was established on 1 August 1927, although it was not until 194 ...

was created.

Administrative divisions

The governorate was composed of eight counties (''uezds'') as of January 1, 1914. Follows the table:

Governorate administration

General Governors

*Prince

Aleksandr Menshikov Prince Aleksander Danilovich Menshikov (russian: Алекса́ндр Дани́лович Ме́ншиков, tr. ; – ) was a Russian statesman, whose official titles included Generalissimo, Prince of the Russian Empire and Duke of Izhora ...

12 October 1702 – May 1724 * Pyotr Apraksin May 1724 – January 1725 *Prince

January 1725 – 8 September 1727 * Jan Sapieha 1727 – 1728 * Burkhard Christoph von Münnich January 1728 – 1734 War Governor *

Nikolai Golovin Nikolai Nikolayevich Golovin ( rus, Никола́й Никола́евич Голови́н; 4 December 1875 – 10 January 1944) was an Imperial Russian general and military historian. Biography Since 1908 Golovin was professor of tactics at ...

1742 *

Peter Lacy Peter Graf von Lacy (russian: link=no, Пётр Петро́вич Ла́сси, tr. ; en, Pierce Edmond de Lacy; ga, Peadar (Piarais Éamonn) de Lása; 26 September 1678 – 30 April 1751) was an Irish-born soldier who later served in the ...

1743 * Vasily Repnin 1744 * Stepan Ignatiev 1744 *

Boris Yusupov Prince Boris Grigoryevich Yusupov (Russian : Борис Григорьевич Юсупов; 1695–1759) was a Russian nobleman and politician. Life From the house of Yusupov, a Russian noble family descended from 10th-century khans, he was elec ...

1749 *Prince Mikhail Golitsin 1752 – 1754 * Peter August of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck 1762 *

Ivan Neplyuyev Ivan Ivanovich Neplyuyev (russian: Ива́н Ива́нович Неплю́ев; 15 November 1693 – 22 November 1773) was a Russian diplomat and administrator prominent in the service of Peter the Great and Catherine the Great. His memoirs we ...

1762 – 1764 * Ivan Glebov 1767 *Prince Aleksander Golitsin October 1769 – 8 October 1783 *

Jacob Bruce }, tr. ; 11 May 1669 – 30 April 1735) was a Russian general, statesman, diplomat and scientist of Scottish descent (Clan Bruce), one of the chief associates of Peter the Great. According to his own record, his ancestors had lived in Russia s ...

1784 – 6 October 1791 * Aleksander Romanov 6 October 1791 – 1797 War Governor **

Nikolai Arkharov Nikolai Petrovich Arkharov (russian: Николай Петрович Архаров, links=no; 7 May 1740 – January 1814) was a Russian chief of police best known for having given his name to the Russian term "arkharovtsy", an ironic appel ...

6 October 1791 – November 1796, until 15 June 1797 acting General Governor * Fyodor Buksgevden June 1797 – August 1798 * Pyotr von der Pahlen 8 August 1798 – 30 June 1801, until 25 August 1800 acting, from 24 March 1801 War Governor *

Mikhail Kutuzov Prince Mikhail Illarionovich Golenishchev-Kutuzov ( rus, Князь Михаи́л Илларио́нович Голени́щев-Куту́зов, Knyaz' Mikhaíl Illariónovich Goleníshchev-Kutúzov; german: Mikhail Illarion Golenishchev-Kut ...

30 July 1801 – 9 September 1802 War Governor * Mikhail Kamenskiy 27 August 1802 – 16 November 1802 War Governor * Pyotr Tolstoy 28 November 1802 – 25 January 1803 War Governor * Andrey Budberg 25 January 1803 – 17 February 1803 War Governor *Pyotr Tolstoy 28 November 1802 – 10 September 1805 War Governor ** Nikolai Svechin 1803 – 1806 *

Sergey Vyazmitinov Count Sergey Kuzmich Vyazmitinov (russian: Серге́й Кузьмич Вязьмитинов) (7 October 1744 – 15 October 1819) was a Russian general and statesman. He descended from the ancient noble landowner's family of Ruthenian ori ...

10 September 1805 – 12 January 1808 War Governor *Prince Dmitry Lobanov-Rostovskiy 12 January 1808 – 2 February 1809 * Alexander Balashov 14 February 1809 – 9 April 1810 *Sergey Vyazmitinov 10 November 1816 – 31 August 1818 War General Governor *

Mikhail Miloradovich Count Mikhail Andreyevich Miloradovich (russian: Граф Михаи́л Андре́евич Милора́дович, sh-Cyrl, Гроф Михаил Андрејевић Милорадовић ''Grof Mihail Andrejević Miloradović''; – ...

31 August 1818 – 15 December 1825 War General Governor * Pavel Golenishchev-Kutuzov 27 December 1825 – 19 February 1830 War General Governor * Pyotr Essen 17 February 1830 – 14 February 1842 War General Governor * Aleksander Kavelin 14 February 1842 – 19 April 1846 War General Governor * Matvey Khrapovitskiy 7 April 1846 – 31 March 1847 War General Governor * Dmitry Shulgin 3 May 1847 – 1 January 1855 War General Governor ** Aleksander Stroganov 1854 War Governor * Pavel Ignatiev 28 December 1854 – 16 November 1861 War General Governor * Aleksandr Suvorov-Rymnikskiy 16 November 1861 – 16 May 1866 War General Governor *

Iosif Gurko Count Iosif Vladimirovich Romeyko-Gurko (russian: Граф Ио́сиф Влади́мирович Роме́йко-Гурко́, Iósif Vladímirovič Roméjko-Gurkó; — ), also known as Joseph or Ossip Gourko, was a prominent Russian ...

April 1879 – February 1880 * Pyotr Gresser February 1880 – 1892 *

Viktor von Wahl Viktor Karl Konrad Wilhelm von Wahl (russian: Ви́ктор Вильге́льмович Ва́ль, Viktor Vil’gel’movich Val’; 1840 – 1915) was a Baltic German general, mayor of St. Petersburg, and governor of Vilnius. He came from Ba ...

1892 – 1895 * Nikolai Kleigels 1895 – 1904 * Ivan Fullon 1904 – 1905 * Dmitry Trepov 12 January 1905 – 14 April 1905 acting General Governor * Vladimir Dedyulin 1905 – 1906 * Vladimir von der Launits 1906 – 1907 * Daniil Drachevsky 1907 – 1914 * Aleksandr Obolensky 1914 – 1916 * Aleksandr Balk 1916 – March 1917 * Vadim Yurevich March – May 1917 * Grigory Shreider July – November 1917

Governors

Marshals of the nobility

Served as chair of the

Assembly of Nobility Assembly of the Nobility (russian: дворянское собрание, благородное собрание) was a self-governing body of the sosloviye (estate) of the Russian nobility in Imperial Russia from 1766 to 1917. Their official s ...

References

External links

List of rulers
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