Saint Petersburg Governorate Санкт-Петербургская губерния | |
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 Coat of arms | |
.svg) Location in the Russian Empire | |
| Country | Russian Empire |
| Established | 1708 |
| Abolished | 1927 |
| Capital |
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| Area | |
• Total | 44,613 km2 (17,225 sq mi) |
| Population (1897) | |
• Total | 2,112,033 |
| • Density | 47.341/km2 (122.61/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 67.32% |
| • Rural | 32.68% |
Saint Petersburg Governorate[a] was a province (guberniya) of theRussian Empire, with its capital inSaint Petersburg. The governorate was composed of 44,613 square kilometres (17,225 sq mi) of area and 2,112,033 inhabitants. It was bordered byEstonian andLivonian Governorates to the west,Pskov Governorate to the south,Novgorod Governorate to the east,Olonets Governorate to the northeast, andVyborg Governorate of theGrand Duchy of Finland to the north. The governorate covered most of the areas of modernLeningrad Oblast andIda-Viru,Jõgeva,Tartu,Põlva, andVõru counties of Estonia.
Ingermanland Governorate (Ингерманла́ндская губе́рния,Ingermanlandskaya guberniya) was created from the territories reconquered from theSwedish Empire in theGreat Northern War.[1] In 1704 prince Alexander Menshikov was appointed as its first governor, and in 1706 it was first Russian region designated as aGovernorate.[2] According to theTsarPeter the Great's edict as on December 29 [O.S. December 18], 1708,[3] the whole Russia was split into eight Governorates. In the same year Ingermanland Governorate was further expanded to encompass the regions of Pskov, Novgorod and other towns of Western Russia.[4][5] As with the rest of the governorates, neither the borders nor internal subdivisions of Ingermanland Governorate were defined; instead, the territory was defined as a set of cities and the lands adjacent to those cities.[6]
By another edict on June 3, 1710, the governorate was renamed St. Petersburg Governorate after the newly founded city ofSaint Petersburg, and in 1721 the formerSwedishDuchy of Ingria, and parts ofKexholm County and theCounty of Viborg and Nyslott were formally ceded to Russia by theTreaty of Nystad. After theTreaty of Åbo in 1743, the parts of Kexholm and Viborg were joined with new territorial gains fromSweden into theGovernorate of Vyborg (Russian:Выборгская губерния).
From August 18, 1914 to January 26, 1924 it was namedPetrograd Governorate, and during 1924–1927 —Leningrad Governorate. It was abolished on August 1, 1927 when modernLeningrad Oblast was created.
| # | City | # | City | # | City |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | St. Petersburg | 12. | Narva | 23. | Staraya Rusa |
| 2. | Beloozero | 13. | Olonets | 24. | Toropets |
| 3. | Bezhetskoy Verkh | 14. | Opochek | 25. | Torzhok |
| 4. | Derptskoy uyezd | 15. | Ostrov | 26. | Tver |
| 5. | Gdov | 16. | Porkhov | 27. | Uglich |
| 6. | Izborsk | 17. | Poshekhonye | 28. | Ustyuzhna Zheleznopolskaya |
| 7. | Kargopol | 18. | Pskov | 29. | Veliky Novgorod |
| 8. | Kashin | 19. | Romanov | 30. | Yamburg |
| 9. | Koporye | 20. | Rzheva pustaya (Zavolochye) | 31. | Yaroslavl |
| 10. | Ladoga | 21. | Rzheva Volodimirova | ||
| 11. | Luki Velikiye | 22. | Shlisselburg |
The governorate was composed of eight counties (uezds) as of January 1, 1914. Follows the table:
| County | County Town | Arms of County Town | Area | Population (1897 census) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Transliteration name | Russian Cyrillic | ||||
| Gdovsky | Гдовский | Gdov | _(1781).png) | 8,810 km2 (3,400 sq mi) | 145,573 |
| Luzhsky | Лужский | Luga | _(1781).png) | 10,192.7 km2 (3,935.4 sq mi) | 133,466 |
| Novoladozhsky | Новоладожский | Novaya Ladoga | _(1781).png) | 8,707.4 km2 (3,361.9 sq mi) | 87,841 |
| Petergofsky | Петергофский | Petergof | _(1833).svg) | 2,742.5 km2 (1,058.9 sq mi) | 140,547 |
| Sankt-Peterburgsky | Санкт-Петербургский | Saint Petersburg (Sankt–Peterburg) |  | 1,973.8 km2 (762.1 sq mi) | 1,317,885 |
| Tsarskoselsky | Царскосельский | Tsarskoye Selo | _(1831).jpg) | 4,303.9 km2 (1,661.7 sq mi) | 149,845 |
| Shlisselburgsky | Шлиссельбургский | Shlisselburg | _(1780).png) | 3,870.7 km2 (1,494.5 sq mi) | 54,904 |
| Yamburgsky | Ямбургский | Yamburg | _(1780).png) | 4,014.4 km2 (1,550.0 sq mi) | 81,972 |
| City | Population | Part of | Arms |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gatchina | 14,824 | Tsarskoselsky Uyezd | .svg) |
| Kronstadt | 59,525 | Petergofsky Uyezd |  |
| Narva | 16,599 | Yamburgsky Uyezd | .gif) |
| Oranienbaum | 5,458 | Petergofsky Uyezd | _(1780).png) |
| Pavlovsk | 5,113 | Tsarskoselsky Uyezd |  |
| City | Population | Part of | Arms |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rozhdestveno | 980 | Tsarskoselsky Uyezd | _(1780).png) |
| Sofia | 1,190 | .jpg) |
Served as chair of theAssembly of Nobility
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