Moscow Governorate
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Moscow Governorate
Московская губерния | |
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![]() Location in the Russian Empire | |
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% |
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The Moscow Governorate[a] was a province (guberniya) of the Tsardom of Russia, and the Russian Empire. It was bordered by Tver Governorate to the north, Vladimir Governorate to the northeast, Ryazan Governorate to the southeast, Tula Governorate to the south, Kaluga Governorate to the southwest, and Smolensk Governorate to the west. Moscow 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. Its capital was in Moscow.
Administrative division
[edit]The counties (uezds) of the Moscow Governorate in 1897 were as follows:
County | Capital | Area | Population (1897 census) | |
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Transliteration name | Russian Cyrillic | |||
Bogorodsky | Богородскій | Bogorodsk (Noginsk) | 3,068.5 square versts (3,492.1 km2; 1,348.3 sq mi) |
222,341 |
Bronnitsky | Бронницкій | Bronnitsy | 2,051 square versts (2,334 square kilometres; 901 square miles) |
130,304 |
Vereysky | Верейскій | Vereya | 1,623.3 square versts (1,847.4 square kilometres; 713.3 square miles) |
54,074 |
Volokolamsky | Волоколамскій | Volokolamsk | 2,138 square versts (2,433 square kilometres; 939 square miles) |
80,984 |
Dmitrovsky Uyezd | Дмитровскій | Dmitrov | 2,974.6 square versts (3,385.3 square kilometres; 1,307.1 square miles) |
119,686 |
Zvenigorodsky | Звенигородскій | Zvenigorod | 2,012.3 square versts (2,290.1 square kilometres; 884.2 square miles) |
84,375 |
Klinsky | Клинскій | Klin | 3,095.9 square versts (3,523.3 square kilometres; 1,360.4 square miles) |
115,162 |
Kolomensky | Коломенскій | Kolomna | 1,861.4 square versts (2,118.4 square kilometres; 817.9 square miles) |
111,927 |
Mozhaysky | Можайскій | Mozhaysk | 1,621.5 square versts (1,845.4 square kilometres; 712.5 square miles) |
53,967 |
Moskovsky | Московскій | Moscow | 2,393 square versts (2,723 square kilometres; 1,052 square miles) |
1,203,926 |
Podolsky | Подольскій | Podolsk | 2,160.4 square versts (2,458.7 square kilometres; 949.3 square miles) |
86,311 |
Ruzsky | Рузскій | Ruza | 1,984.1 square versts (2,258.0 square kilometres; 871.8 square miles) |
55,522 |
Serpukhovsky | Серпуховскій | Serpukhov | 2,252.4 square versts (2,563.4 square kilometres; 989.7 square miles) |
112,002 |
History
[edit]Moscow Governorate, together with seven other governorates, was established on December 29 [O.S. December 18], 1708, by Tsar Peter the Great's edict.[1] 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.[2] 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
[edit]Language
[edit]- 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
[edit]- According to the Imperial census of 1897.[3]
Religion | Number | percentage (%) | males | females |
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Pravoslavs[4] | 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 |
Notes
[edit]- ^ Russian: Моско́вская губе́рния, pre-reform orthography: Моско́вская губе́рнія, romanized: Moskóvskaya gubérniya
References
[edit]- ^ a b Указ об учреждении губерний и о росписании к ним городов (in Russian)
- ^ С. А. Тархов (2001). "Изменение административно-территориального деления России за последние 300 лет". Электронная версия журнала "География".
- ^ Religion Statistics of 1897 (in Russian)
- ^ Eastern Orthodox, including Russian Orthodox, Greek Orthodox, and Georgian Orthodox
Further reading
[edit]- William Henry Beable (1919), "Governments or Provinces of the Former Russian Empire: Moscow", Russian Gazetteer and Guide, London: Russian Outlook – via Open Library
- Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 18 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 891. .
- Moscow Governorate
- States and territories established in 1708
- States and territories disestablished in 1929
- 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