Moscow Governorate
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Moscow Governorate
Московская губернія | |
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Country | Russian Empire |
Established | 1708 |
Abolished | 1929 |
Capital | Moscow |
Area | |
• Total | 33,272.84 km2 (12,846.72 sq mi) |
Population (1897) | |
• Total | 2,430,581 |
• Density | 73/km2 (190/sq mi) |
• Urban | 46.67% |
• Rural | 53.33% |
Moscow Governorate Московская губерния | |||||||||
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Governorate of the Russian Empire | |||||||||
1708–1929 | |||||||||
Moscow Governorate within the Russian Empire | |||||||||
Capital | Moscow | ||||||||
Population | |||||||||
• 1897 | 2,430,581 | ||||||||
History | |||||||||
History | |||||||||
• Established | 1708 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1929 | ||||||||
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The Moscow Governorate was a province (guberniya) of the Tsardom of Russia, and later the Russian Empire. The governorate bordered by the Tver Governorate to the north, the Vladimir Governorate to the northeast, the Ryazan Governorate to the southeast, the Tula Governorate to the south, the Kaluga Governorate to the southwest, and the Smolensk Governorate to the west. The Moskow Governorate consisted of an area of 33,272.84 square kilometres (12,846.72 sq mi) and a population of 2,430,581 in 1897. The administrative centre was in the cultural capital of Moscow. The province covered most of Moscow Oblast.
Administrative division
Moscow Governorate consisted of 13 uyezds (their administrative centres in brackets):
- Bogorodsky Uyezd (Bogorodsk/Noginsk)
- Bronnitsky Uyezd (Bronnitsy)
- Vereysky Uyezd (Vereya)
- Volokolamsky Uyezd (Volokolamsk)
- Dmitrovsky Uyezd (Dmitrov)
- Zvenigorodsky Uyezd (Zvenigorod)
- Klinsky Uyezd (Klin)
- Kolomensky Uyezd (Kolomna)
- Mozhaysky Uyezd (Mozhaysk)
- Moskovsky Uyezd (Moscow)
- Podolsky Uyezd (Podolsk)
- Ruzsky Uyezd (Ruza)
- Serpukhovsky Uyezd (Serpukhov)
History
Moscow Governorate, together with seven other governorates, was established on December 29 [O.S. December 18], 1708, by Tsar Peter the Great's edict. As with the rest of the governorates, initially, neither the borders nor internal subdivisions of Moscow Governorate were defined; instead, the territory was defined as a set of cities and the lands adjacent to those cities. Later, Moscow Governorate was subdivided into 13 uyezds.
# | City | # | City | # | City |
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1. | Moscow | 14. | Lyubim | 27. | Suzdal |
2. | Aleksin | 15. | Medyn | 28. | Tarussa |
3. | Borovsk | 16. | Mikhaylov | 29. | Tsarev Borisov |
4. | Dedilov | 17. | Mozhaysk | 30. | Tula |
5. | Dmitrov | 18. | Obolensk | 31. | Veneva |
6. | Gremyachey | 19. | Pecherniki | 32. | Vereya |
7. | Kaluga | 20. | Pereslavl Ryazanskoy | 33. | Volodimir |
8. | Klin | 21. | Pereslavl Zaleskoy | 34. | Volokolamsk |
9. | Kolomna | 22. | Pronsk | 35. | Yaroslavets Maly |
10. | Koshira | 23. | Rostov | 36. | Yepifan |
11. | Kostroma | 24. | Ruza | 37. | Yuryev Polskoy |
12. | Krapivna | 25. | Serpukhov | 38. | Zaraysk |
13. | Lukh | 26. | Shuya | 39. | Zvenigorod |
The governorate underwent numerous changes in the following years, and was finally abolished on January 14, 1929 when modern Moscow Oblast was created.
Demography
Language
- Population by mother tongue according to the Imperial census of 1897.
Language | Number | percentage (%) | males | females |
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Russian | 2,371,102 | 97.5 | 1,181,296 | 1,189,806 |
German | 19,116 | 0.7 | 9,225 | 9,891 |
Polish | 10,960 | 0.4 | 7,676 | 3,284 |
Jewish | 5,756 | 0.2 | 3,795 | 1,961 |
Ukrainian | 5,506 | 0.2 | 4,838 | 668 |
Tatar | 5,469 | 0.2 | 4,492 | 977 |
French | 2,621 | 0.1 | 1,035 | 1,586 |
Armenian | 1,633 | 0.0 | 1,201 | 432 |
Belarusian | 1,292 | 0.0 | 948 | 344 |
English | 1,135 | 0.0 | 559 | 576 |
Latvian | 1,018 | 0.0 | 731 | 287 |
Lithuanian | 690 | 0.0 | 600 | 90 |
Czech | 636 | 0.0 | 397 | 239 |
Gypsy | 511 | 0.0 | 249 | 262 |
Estonian | 396 | 0.0 | 243 | 153 |
Italian | 374 | 0.0 | 220 | 154 |
Greek | 292 | 0.0 | 241 | 51 |
Swedish | 228 | 0.0 | 117 | 111 |
Chuvash | 152 | 0.0 | 147 | 5 |
Komi | 148 | 0.0 | 144 | 4 |
Bulgarian | 110 | 0.0 | 100 | 10 |
Other | 1,436 | 0.0 | 1,013 | 423 |
Total | 2,430,581 | 100.0 | 1,219,267 | 1,211,314 |
Religion
- According to the Imperial census of 1897.
Religion | Number | percentage (%) | males | females |
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Pravoslavs | 2,272,145 | 93.5 | 1,139,289 | 1,132,856 |
Old Believers and others split from Pravoslavs | 99,825 | 4.1 | 44,682 | 55,143 |
Lutherans | 21,437 | 0.8 | 10,701 | 10,736 |
Roman Catholic | 17,670 | 0.7 | 11,497 | 6,173 |
Judaism | 8,704 | 0.3 | 5,400 | 3,304 |
Islam | 5,605 | 0.2 | 4,678 | 927 |
Reformed | 2,218 | 0.0 | 1,088 | 1,130 |
Armenian Gregorians | 1,640 | 0.0 | 1,188 | 452 |
Anglicans | 838 | 0.0 | 441 | 397 |
Karaites | 347 | 0.0 | 210 | 137 |
Armenian Catholic Church | 25 | 0.0 | 18 | 7 |
Buddhists, Lamaists | 11 | 0.0 | 11 | 0 |
Mennonites | 3 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 |
Other: Christian denominations | 103 | 0.0 | 52 | 51 |
Other: non-Christians | 10 | 0.0 | 9 | 1 |
Total | 2,430,581 | 100.0 | 1,219,267 | 1,211,314 |
- States and territories established in 1708
- States and territories disestablished in 1929
- Moscow Governorate
- Governorates of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
- 1708 establishments in Russia
- 18th century in Moscow
- 19th century in Moscow
- 1929 disestablishments in Russia
- Governorates of the Russian Empire
- History of Moscow Oblast
- History of Moscow