Kursk Governorate

1796–1928 unit of Russia
Kursk Governorate
Курская губерния
Governorate of the Russian Empire
1796–1928
Coat of arms of Kursk Governorate
Coat of arms

Location in the Russian Empire
CapitalKursk
Area 
• 1914
46,455 km2 (17,936 sq mi)
• 1926
43,653 km2 (16,855 sq mi)
Population 
• 1914
3,256,600[1]
• 1926
2,906,360[2]
History 
• Established
12 December 1796
• Disestablished
1928
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Kursk Viceroyalty
Central Black Earth Oblast

Kursk Governorate (Russian: Курская губерния, romanized: Kurskaya guberniya) was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of the Russian Empire, which existed from 1796 to 1928 with its capital in Kursk.

Administrative divisions

As of 1914, Kursk Governorate included 15 uyezds.

  • Belgorodsky Uyezd
  • Grayvoronsky Uyezd
  • Dmitriyevsky Uyezd
  • Korochansky Uyezd
  • Kursky Uyezd
  • Lgovsky Uyezd
  • Novooskolsky Uyezd
  • Oboyansky Uyezd
  • Putivlsky Uyezd
  • Rylsky Uyezd
  • Starooskolsky Uyezd
  • Sudzhansky Uyezd
  • Timsky Uyezd
  • Fatezhsky Uyezd
  • Shchigrovsky Uyezd

References

  1. ^ "1913_1". www.rus-sky.com. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
  2. ^ "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". www.demoscope.ru. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
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¹ Italics indicates renamed or abolished governorates, oblasts, etc on 1 January 1914.
² An asterisk (*) indicates governorates formed or created with renaming after 1 January 1914.
³ Ostsee or Baltic general-governorship was abolished in 1876.

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