Tula Governorate
| Tula Governorate Тульская губерния | |||||||||
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| Governorate of Russian Empire (1796–1917), Russian Republic, and RSFSR (1917–1929) | |||||||||
| 1796–1929 | |||||||||
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.svg.png) Location in the Russian Empire | |||||||||
| Capital | Tula | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
• | 30,960.3 km2 (11,953.8 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
| 1,419,456 | |||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1796 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1929 | ||||||||
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Tula Governorate (Russian: Тульская губерния, romanized: Tul'skaya guberniya) was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of the Russian Empire and the Russian SFSR.[2] The governate existed from 1796 to 1929; its seat was in the city of Tula. It was divided into 12 districts.[2] The main towns were Alexin, Bogoroditsk, Byelev, Chern, Epifan, Efremov, Kashira, Krapivna, Novosil, Odoyev, Tula, and Venev.
Administrative division
Ufa Governorate consisted of the following uyezds (administrative centres in parentheses):
- Aleksinsky Uyezd (Aleksin)
- Belyovsky Uyezd (Belyov)
- Bogoroditsky Uyezd (Bogoroditsk)
- Venyovsky Uyezd (Venyov)
- Yepifansky Uyezd (Yepifan)
- Yefremovsky Uyezd (Yefremov)
- Kashirsky Uyezd (Kashira)
- Krapivensky Uyezd (Krapivna)
- Novosilsky Uyezd (Novosil)
- Odoyevsky Uyezd (Odoyev)
- Tulsky Uyezd (Tula)
- Chernsky Uyezd (Chern)
See also
References
- ^ "Первая всеобщая перепись населения Российской Империи 1897 г." [The first general census of the population of the Russian Empire in 1897]. Demoscope Weekly (in Russian).
- ^ a b . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 27 (11th ed.). 1911. pp. 365–366.