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Samara Governorate (russian: Самарская 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
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
Volga Region The Volga Region (russian: Поволжье, ''Povolzhye'', literally: "along the Volga") is a historical region in Russia that encompasses the drainage basin of the Volga River, the longest river in Europe, in central and southern European Russ ...
. It existed from 1850 to 1928; its seat was in the city of Samara.


Administrative divisions

The governorate was divided into seven
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 (counties). These were: * Bugulminsky Uyezd * Buguruslansky Uyezd * Buzuluksky Uyezd * Nikolayevsky Uyezd *
Novouzensky Uyezd Novouzensky Uyezd (''Новоузенский уезд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Samara Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the southern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Novouzensk. Demographics ...
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Samarsky Uyezd Samarsky Uyezd (''Самарский уезд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Samara Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the northwestern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Samara. Demographics At the tim ...
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Stavropolsky Uyezd Stavropolsky (masculine), Stavropolskaya (feminine), or Stavropolskoye (neuter) may refer to: * Stavropol Krai (''Stavropolsky kray''), a federal subject of Russia * Stavropolsky District, a district of Samara Oblast, Russia * Stavropolsky, Russia, ...


References

1851 establishments in the Russian Empire 1928 disestablishments in Russia States and territories disestablished in 1928 States and territories established in 1851 {{Russia-geo-stub