Kostroma Governorate
| Kostroma Governorate Костромская губерния | |
|---|---|
| Governorate of Russian Empire | |
| 1796–1929 | |
 Coat of arms
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 Map of Kostroma Governorate. | |
| Capital | Kostroma |
| History | |
| History | |
• Established | 1796 |
• Disestablished | 1929 |
Kostroma Governorate (Russian: Костромская губерния, Kostromskaya guberniya) was an administrative division (a guberniya) of the Russian Empire and the Russian SFSR, which existed from 1796 to 1929. Its administrative center was in the city of Kostroma.
Administrative division[]
Kostroma Governorate consisted of 12 uyezds (their administrative centres in brackets):
- Buysky Uyezd (Buy)
- Varnavinsky Uyezd (Varnavino)
- Vetluzhsky Uyezd (Vetluga)
- Galichsky Uyezd (Galich)
- Kineshemsky Uyezd (Kineshma)
- Kologrivsky Uyezd (Kologriv)
- Kostromskoy Uyezd (Kostroma)
- Makaryevsky Uyezd (Makaryev)
- Nerekhtsky Uyezd (Nerekhta)
- Soligalichsky Uyezd (Soligalich)
- Chukhlomskoy Uyezd (Chukhloma)
- Yuryevetsky Uyezd (Yuryevets)
History[]
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References[]
- William Henry Beable (1919), "Governments or Provinces of the Former Russian Empire: Kostroma", Russian Gazetteer and Guide, London: Russian Outlook – via Open Library
Coordinates: 57°46′00″N 40°56′00″E / 57.7667°N 40.9333°E
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