Orenburg Governorate
Orenburg Governorate (Russian: Оренбургская губерния) was an administrative division (a guberniya) of the Russian Empire with the center in the city of Orenburg.
The governorate was created in 1744 from the lands annexed from Siberian and Astrakhan Governorates. In 1782, the governorate, along with of were transformed into Ufa Viceroyalty, which was divided into and . In 1796, Ufa Viceroyalty was renamed Orenburg Governorate, and in 1865 it was split in two—a smaller Orenburg Governorate, and Ufa Governorate. In 1919, was split off from Orenburg Governorate, and in 1928 the governorate was merged into a newly created .
Notable people[]
- Nikolay Anisimov (1877-1931), major general of the White Army
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Coordinates: 51°46′00″N 55°06′00″E / 51.7667°N 55.1000°E
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