Major events

The administrative reform of 1727 was carried out soon after

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's death, when it became apparent that previous reform was not working as planned. The fast pace of the reforms came into contradiction with the traditional ways of doing things. Newly created bureaucracy required significant financial investments, which the government was lacking. Neither

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, Peter I's second wife and successor, nor her government were willing to go on with the reforms in their original form. As a result, the 1727 reform became a step back, abolishing the system of ''districts'' () and restoring the old system of ''

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s'' (уе́зды) instead. A total of 166 ''uyezds'' were re-established, and with the newly created ''uyezds'' the

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had approximately 250 ''uyezds''. *1727—new Belgorod Governorate was formed from Belgorod, Oryol, and Sevsk Provinces (провинции) of Kiev Governorate. *1727—new Novgorod Governorate was formed from Belozersk, Novgorod, Pskov, Tver, and Velikiye Luki Provinces of the St. Petersburg Governorate. *1727—Uglich and Yaroslavl Provinces of the St. Petersburg Governorate were transferred to Moscow Governorate. *1727—Narva Province of St. Petersburg Governorate was transferred to Revel Governorate. *1727—Solikamsk and Vyatka Provinces of Siberian Governorate were transferred to

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 ...

Subdivisions (as of 1727)

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 (Галицкая провинция) ***Ustyug Province (Устюжская провинция) ***Vologda Province (Вологодская провинция) * Astrakhan Governorate (Астраханская губерния) **was considered subdivided into 1 ''province'' *

Belgorod Governorate Belgorod Governorate () was an administrative-territorial unit ('' guberniya'') of the Russian Empire in 1727–1779 with its capital in Belgorod. In 1775–1779, as a result of the gubernatorial reform of Catherine II, Belgorod Governorate was di ...

(Белгородская губерния) **subdivided into 3 ''provinces'': ***Belgorod Province (Белгородская провинция) ***Oryol Province (Орловская провинция) ***Sevsk Province (Севская провинция) *

(Казанская губерния) **subdivided into 6 ''provinces'': ***Kazan Province (Казанская провинция) ***Penza Province (Пензенская провинция) ***Solikamsk Province (Соликамская провинция) ***Sviyaga Province (Свияжская провинция) ***Ufa Province (Уфимская провинция) ***Vyatka Province (Вятская 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) **was considered subdivided into 1 ''province'' (with 12 regiments in

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) *

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 11 ''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) ***Uglich Province (Угличская провинция) ***Vladimir Province (Владимирская провинция) ***Yaroslavl Province (Ярославская провинция) ***Yuryev Province (Юрьевская 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) *

Novgorod Governorate Novgorod Governorate was an administrative-territorial unit (''guberniya'') of the Russian Empire and the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR, which existed from 1727 to 1776 and from 1796 to 1927. Its administrative cent ...

(Новгородская губерния) **subdivided into 5 ''provinces'': ***Belozersk Province (Белозерская провинция) ***Novgorod Province (Новгородская провинция) ***Pskov Province (Псковская провинция) ***Tver Province (Тверская провинция) ***Velikiye Luki Province (Великолуцкая провинция) * Revel Governorate (Ревельская губерния) **was considered subdivided into 1 ''province'' (Estland) * Riga Governorate (Рижская губерния) **was considered subdivided into 1 ''province'' (Livland) * St. Petersburg Governorate (Санкт-Петербургская губерния) **subdivided into 2 ''provinces'': ***Petersburg Province (Петербургская провинция) ***Vyborg Province (Выборгская провинция) * Siberian Governorate (Сибирская губерния) **subdivided into 3 ''provinces'': ***Irkutsk Province (Иркутская провинция) ***Tobolsk Province (Тобольская провинция) ***Yenisei Province (Енисейская провинция) *

Smolensk Governorate Smolensk Governorate () was an administrative-territorial unit ('' guberniya'') of the Tsardom of Russia, the Russian Empire, and the Russian SFSR. It existed, with interruptions, between 1708 and 1929. Smolensk Governorate, together with seven o ...

(Смоленская губерния) **was considered subdivided into 1 ''province'' *

Voronezh Governorate Voronezh Governorate was an administrative-territorial unit ('' guberniya'') of the Tsardom of Russia, the Russian Empire, and the Russian SFSR, which existed from 1708 (as ''Azov Governorate'') to 1779 and again from 1796 to 1928. Its capital wa ...

(Воронежская 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)

References

*Ю. Готье. "История областного управления в России от Петра I до Екатерины II". Том I. "Реформа 1727 года. Областное деление и областные учреждения 1727-1775 гг.". Издание Императорского общества Истории и Древностей Российских при Московском университете. Москва, 1913. {{DEFAULTSORT:Administrative divisions of Russia in 1727-1728 1727-1728 1720s in Russia