Administrative divisions of Russia in 1744-1764
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- 1744—Vyborg GovernorateVyborg GovernorateThe Vyborg Governorate 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 and Nyslott County and the Kexholm County located on the Karelian Isthmus to Russia...
was formed on the recently acquired parts of FinlandFinlandFinland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
; also included portions of St. Petersburg GovernorateSaint Petersburg GovernorateSaint Petersburg Governorate , or Government of Saint Petersburg, was an administrative division of the Russian Empire, which existed in 1708–1927....
. - 1744—Orenburg Governorate was created from the lands annexed from Siberian and Astrakhan Governorates.
Subdivisions (as of 1763)
- Archangelgorod GovernorateArchangelgorod GovernorateArchangelgorod Governorate , or the Government of Archangelgorod, was an administrative division of the Russian Empire, which existed from 1708 until 1780. Its seat was in Archangel...
(Архангелогородская губерния)- subdivided into 4 provinces:
- Archangelgorod Province (Архангелогородская провинция)
- Galich Province (Галицкая провинция)
- Ustyug Province (Устюжская провинция)
- Vologda Province (Вологодская провинция)
- subdivided into 4 provinces:
- Astrakhan Governorate (Астраханская губерния)
- was considered subdivided into 1 province
- Belgorod Governorate (Белгородская губерния)
- subdivided into 3 provinces:
- Belgorod Province (Белгородская провинция)
- Oryol Province (Орловская провинция)
- Sevsk Province (Севская провинция)
- subdivided into 3 provinces:
- Kazan GovernorateKazan GovernorateThe Kazan Governorate or Government of Kazan was a governorate of Imperial Russia from 1708–1920, with the city of Kazan as its capital.-History:...
(Казанская губерния)- subdivided into 6 provinces:
- Kazan Province (Казанская провинция)
- Penza Province (Пензенская провинция)
- Simbirsk Province (Симбирская провинция)
- Solikamsk Province (Соликамская провинция)
- SviyazhskSviyazhskSviyazhsk or Zöyä is a rural locality in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, located at the confluence of the Volga and Sviyaga Rivers...
Province (Свияжская провинция) - Vyatka Province (Вятская провинция)
- subdivided into 6 provinces:
- Kiev GovernorateKiev GovernorateKiev Governorate , or Government of Kiev, was an administrative division of the Russian Empire.The governorate was established in 1708 along with seven other governorates and was transformed into a viceroyalty in 1781...
(Киевская губерния)- was considered subdivided into 1 province (with 12 regiments in Little RussiaLittle RussiaLittle Russia , sometimes Little or Lesser Rus’ , is a historical political and geographical term in the Russian language referring to most of the territory of modern-day Ukraine before the 20th century. It is similar to the Polish term Małopolska of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth...
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- was considered subdivided into 1 province (with 12 regiments in Little Russia
- Moscow GovernorateMoscow GovernorateMoscow Governorate , or Government of Moscow, was an administrative division of the Russian Empire, which existed in 1708–1929....
(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)
- subdivided into 11 provinces:
- Nizhny Novgorod Governorate (Нижегородская губерния)
- subdivided into 3 provinces:
- Alatyr Province (Алатырская провинция)
- Arzamas Province (Арзамасская провинция)
- Nizhny Novgorod Province (Нижегородская провинция)
- subdivided into 3 provinces:
- Novgorod GovernorateNovgorod GovernorateNovgorod Governorate , or Government of Novgorod, was a governorate of the Russian Empire.The governorate was established in 1727 from Belozersk, Novgorod, Pskov, Tver, and Velikiye Luki Provinces of the St. Petersburg Governorate and existed until 1927, when its territory was included into...
(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)
- subdivided into 5 provinces:
- Orenburg GovernorateOrenburg GovernorateOrenburg Governorate was an administrative division of the Russian Empire with the center in the city of Orenburg.The governorate was created in 1744 from the lands annexed from Siberian and Astrakhan Governorates...
(Оренбургская губерния)- subdivided into 4 provinces:
- Iset Province (Исетская провинция)
- Orenburg Province (Оренбургская провинция)
- Stavropol Province (Ставропольская провинция)
- Ufa Province (Уфимская провинция)
- subdivided into 4 provinces:
- Revel Governorate (Ревельская губерния)
- was considered subdivided into 1 province (Estland)
- Riga GovernorateRiga GovernorateThe Governorate of Livonia or Livland Governorate, also known as the Government of Livonia or Province of Livonia, was one of the Baltic governorates of the Russian Empire, now divided between the Republic of Latvia and the Republic of Estonia.It was originally called the Riga Governorate after...
(Рижская губерния)- was considered subdivided into 1 province
- St. Petersburg GovernorateSaint Petersburg GovernorateSaint Petersburg Governorate , or Government of Saint Petersburg, was an administrative division of the Russian Empire, which existed in 1708–1927....
(Санкт-Петербургская губерния)- was considered subdivided into 1 province
- Siberian Governorate (Сибирская губерния)
- subdivided into 3 provinces:
- Irkutsk Province (Иркутская провинция)
- Tobolsk Province (Тобольская провинция)
- Yenisei Province (Енисейская провинция)
- subdivided into 3 provinces:
- Smolensk GovernorateSmolensk GovernorateSmolensk Governorate , or Government of Smolensk, was an administrative division of the Russian Empire, which existed, with interruptions, between 1708 and 1929....
(Смоленская губерния)- was considered subdivided into 1 province
- Voronezh Governorate (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)
- subdivided into 5 provinces:
- Vyborg GovernorateVyborg GovernorateThe Vyborg Governorate 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 and Nyslott County and the Kexholm County located on the Karelian Isthmus to Russia...
(Выборгская губерния)- subdivided into 3 uyezdUyezdUyezd or uezd was an administrative subdivision of Rus', Muscovy, Russian Empire, and the early Russian SFSR which was in use from the 13th century. Uyezds for most of the history in Russia were a secondary-level of administrative division...
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- subdivided into 3 uyezd