Major events

The second administrative reform of 1719 was carried out by

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in order to fix the deficiencies of the original system. On June 9 (May 29 in the

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), 1719 Peter issued an

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(edict) that abolished the division of the

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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

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and other

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an countries. Districts were introduced to replace the old system of subdivision into ''

uyezd An uezd (also spelled uyezd or uiezd; rus, уе́зд ( pre-1918: уѣздъ), p=ʊˈjest), or povit in a Ukrainian context () was a type of administrative subdivision of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, the Tsardom of Russia, the Russian Empire, the R ...

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 Reval Governorate () was an administrative-territorial unit (''guberniya'') and one of the Baltic governorates of the Russian Empire, which existed from 1719 to 1783. Its capital was in Reval (Tallinn). History Reval Governorate was originally f ...

was formed on the newly acquired Baltic lands.

Subdivisions (as of 1724)

Archangelgorod Governorate Archangelgorod Governorate () was an administrative-territorial unit ('' guberniya'') of the Tsardom of Russia and the Russian Empire, which existed from 1708 until 1780. Its seat was in Archangel (Arkhangelsk). The governorate was located in th ...

(Архангелогородская губерния) **subdivided into 4 ''provinces'': ***Archangelgorod Province (Архангелогородская провинция) ***Galich Province (Галичская провинция) ***Ustyug Province (Устюжская провинция) ***Vologda Province (Вологодская провинция) *

Astrakhan Governorate Astrakhan Governorate () was an administrative-territorial unit ('' guberniya'') of the Russian Empire, the Russian Republic, and the Russian SFSR, which existed from 1717 to 1929. It was created from separating the southwestern part of Kazan Go ...

(Астраханская губерния) **not subdivided *

Azov Governorate Azov Governorate () was an administrative-territorial unit ('' guberniya'') of the Russian Empire, which existed from 1775 to 1783. Its capital was in Belyov Fortress and later in Yekaterinoslav. Geography and history Azov Governorate was loca ...

(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 Kazan Governorate was an administrative-territorial unit ('' guberniya'') of the Tsardom of Russia, the Russian Empire, and the Russian SFSR from 1708 to 1920, with its capital in Kazan. History Kazan Governorate, together with seven other ...

(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 was an administrative-territorial unit ('' guberniya'') of the Russian Empire (1796–1917), Ukrainian People's Republic (1917–18; 1918–1921), Ukrainian State (1918), and the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1919–19 ...

(Киевская губерния) **subdivided into 4 ''provinces'': ***Belgorod Province (Белгородская провинция) ***Kiev Province (Киевская провинция) ***Oryol Province (Орловская провинция) ***Sevsk Province (Севская провинция) *

Moscow Governorate The Moscow Governorate was a province ('' guberniya'') of the Tsardom of Russia, and the Russian Empire. It was bordered by Tver Governorate to the north, Vladimir Governorate to the northeast, Ryazan Governorate to the southeast, Tula Gove ...

(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 Nizhny Novgorod Governorate was an administrative-territorial unit (''guberniya'') of the Russian Empire, Russian Republic, and the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR, roughly corresponding to the Volga region, Upper and ...

(Нижегородская губерния) **subdivided into 3 ''provinces'': ***Alatyr Province (Алатырская провинция) ***Arzamas Province (Арзамасская провинция) ***Nizhny Novgorod Province (Нижегородская провинция) *

(Ревельская губерния) **not subdivided * Riga Governorate (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 A governorate or governate is an administrative division headed by a governor. As English-speaking nations tend to call regions administered by governors either states or provinces, the term ''governorate'' is typically used to calque divisions of ...

(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)

References

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