Moscow Governorate
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Moscow Governorate
Московская губерния | |
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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% |
The Moscow Governorate
Administrative division
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 | Bolgorod (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
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
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
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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.[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
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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
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2,218 | 0.0 | 1,088 | 1,130 |
Armenian Gregorians | 1,640 | 0.0 | 1,188 | 452 |
Anglicans
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838 | 0.0 | 441 | 397 |
Karaites | 347 | 0.0 | 210 | 137 |
Armenian Catholic Church | 25 | 0.0 | 18 | 7 |
Buddhists, Lamaists
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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
- pre-reform orthography: Моско́вская губе́рнія, romanized: Moskóvskaya gubérniya
References
- ^ 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)
- Georgian Orthodox
Further reading
- 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. .