On December 29 [O.S. December 18], 1708, Peter issued an edict dividing Russia into eight governorates (guberniyas).[2] The edict established neither the borders of the governorates nor their internal divisions; instead, their territories were defined as the sets of cities and the lands adjacent to those cities.[1] Some older subdivision types also continued to be used.[1]
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administrative, divisions, russia, 1708, 1710, history, theadministrativedivision, russia1708, 17101710, 17131713, 17141714, 17171717, 17191719, 17251725, 17261726, 17271727, 17281728, 17441744, 1764the, administrative, division, reform, 1708, carried, russian. History of theadministrativedivision of Russia1708 17101710 17131713 17141714 17171717 17191719 17251725 17261726 17271727 17281728 17441744 1764The administrative division reform of 1708 was carried out by Russian Tsar Peter the Great in an attempt to improve the manageability of the vast territory of Russia Prior to the reform the country was subdivided into uyezds and volosts and in the 17th century the number of the uyezds was 166 1 Creation editOn December 29 O S December 18 1708 Peter issued an edict dividing Russia into eight governorates guberniyas 2 The edict established neither the borders of the governorates nor their internal divisions instead their territories were defined as the sets of cities and the lands adjacent to those cities 1 Some older subdivision types also continued to be used 1 List of the governorates created in 1708 editGovernorate Name in Russian Area No of homesteads Modern divisionsArchangelgorod Governorate Arhangelogorodskaya guberniya 1 317 800 km2 508 800 sq mi 59 662 Arkhangelsk Murmansk and Vologda Oblasts part of Kostroma Oblast the Republic of Karelia and the Komi RepublicAzov Governorate Azovskaya guberniya 393 700 km2 152 000 sq mi 35 820 Rostov Tambov and Voronezh Oblasts eastern parts of Belgorod Kursk Oryol Ryazan and Tula Oblasts parts of Penza Oblast and Donetsk Kharkiv and Luhansk Oblasts of UkraineIngermanland Governorate Ingermanlandskaya guberniya 482 500 km2 186 300 sq mi 105 977 Leningrad Novgorod Pskov and Tver Oblasts southern part of Arkhangelsk Oblast western parts of Vologda and Yaroslavl Oblasts part of the Republic of KareliaKazan Governorate Kazanskaya guberniya 1 398 600 km2 540 000 sq mi 119 056 Volga Region and the Republic of Bashkortostan parts of Perm Krai and Ivanovo Kostroma Penza and Tambov Oblasts northern parts of the Republics of Dagestan and KalmykiaKiev Governorate Kievskaya guberniya 231 000 km2 89 000 sq mi 31 230 Ukraine parts of Belgorod Bryansk Kaluga Kursk Oryol and Tula OblastsMoscow Governorate Moskovskaya guberniya 128 600 km2 49 700 sq mi 190 770 Moscow Oblast parts of Ivanovo Kaluga Kostroma Ryazan Tula and Vladimir OblastsSiberia Governorate Sibirskaya guberniya 10 978 300 km2 4 238 700 sq mi 59 360 Siberia most of the Urals parts of Arkhangelsk Oblast Kirov Oblast and the Komi RepublicSmolensk Governorate Smolenskaya guberniya 85 400 km2 33 000 sq mi 35 130 Smolensk Oblast parts of Bryansk Kaluga Tula and Tver OblastsSource 1 References edit a b c d S A Tarhov 2001 Izmenenie administrativno territorialnogo deleniya Rossii za poslednie 300 let Elektronnaya versiya zhurnala Geografiya Archived from the original on 2013 11 13 Ukaz ob uchrezhdenii gubernij i o rospisanii k nim gorodov in Russian Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Administrative divisions of Russia in 1708 1710 amp oldid 1182051341, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
