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Archangelgorod Governorate
Архангелогородская губерния
Governorate of the Russian Empire
1708–1780

Russia in 1682-1762. Archangelgorod Governorate is shown as number 3.
CapitalArchangel
History 
• Established
December 29 [O.S. December 18] 1708
• Disestablished
February 5 [O.S. January 25] 1780
Political subdivisionsfour provinces
 Succeeded by
Vologda Viceroyalty
Kostroma Viceroyalty

Archangelgorod Governorate (Russian: Архангелогородская губерния, romanized: Arkhangelogorodskaya guberniya) 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 the north of the Russian Empire and bordered Siberia Governorate in the east, Kazan Governorate in the southeast, Moscow and Ingermanland Governorates in the southwest, Sweden (later independent Finland) in the west, and Norway in north-west. In the north, the governorate was limited by the White and Barents Seas.

Archangelgorod Governorate, together with seven other governorates, was established on December 29 [O.S. December 18], 1708, by Tsar Peter the Great's edict.[1][2] As with the rest of the governorates, neither the borders nor internal subdivisions of Archangelgorod Governorate were defined; instead, the territory was defined as a set of cities and the lands adjacent to those cities.[3]

Cities included into Archangelgorod Governorate at the time of its establishment[1]
# City # City # City
1. Arkhangelskoy 8. Kolskoy Ostrog 15. Totma
2. Charonda 9. Mezen 16. Unzha
3. Chukhloma 10. Parfenyev 17. Ustya volosts
4. Galich 11. Pustozerskoy 18. Ustyug Veliky
5. Kevrol 12. Sol Galitskaya 19. Vaga
6. Kineshma 13. Sol Vychegodskaya 20. Vologda
7. Kologrivov 14. Suday

In terms of the modern political division of Russia, Archangelgorod Governorate comprised the areas of what is currently Murmansk Oblast, Nenets Autonomous Okrug and the Komi Republic, the greater parts of Arkhangelsk and Vologda Oblasts, as well as parts of the Republic of Karelia, Kostroma, Kirov, and Nizhny Novgorod Oblasts.[3]

On June 9 [O.S. May 29], 1719, the governorate was divided into provinces: Archangelgorod, Vologda, Galich, and Ustyug.[2] Simultaneously, Yarensky Uyezd with the administrative center of Yarensk was moved from Siberia Governorate to Archangelgorod Governorate.[4] The uyezds were transformed into districts, however, in 1727 the districts were transformed back into uyezds.

The governorate existed until February 5 [O.S. January 25] 1780, when it was transformed into Vologda Viceroyalty.[2]

Governors

The administration of the governorate was performed by a governor. The governors of the Arkhangelogorod Governorate were[5]

References

  1. ^ a b Указ об учреждении губерний и о росписании к ним городов (in Russian)
  2. ^ a b c Архивный отдел Администрации Мурманской области. Государственный Архив Мурманской области. (1995). Административно-территориальное деление Мурманской области (1920-1993 гг.). Справочник. Мурманск: Мурманское издательско-полиграфическое предприятие "Север". pp. 19–20.
  3. ^ a b С. А. Тархов (2001). "Изменение административно-территориального деления России за последние 300 лет". Электронная версия журнала "География". Archived from the original on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2014-02-03.
  4. ^ Лукошников, В. А. (March 22, 2006). Яренский уезд. Маяк (in Russian) (22).
  5. ^ Архангельская область (in Russian). narod.ru. Retrieved 25 August 2011.[permanent dead link]
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