Vyatka Governorate
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| Vyatka Governorate Вятская губерния | |||||||||
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| Governorate of the Russian Empire (1796–1917), Russian Republic and RSFSR (1917–1929) | |||||||||
| 1796–1929 | |||||||||
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.svg) Location within the Russian Empire | |||||||||
| Capital | Vyatka | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
| 169,629 km2 (65,494 sq mi) | |||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
| 3,030,831 | |||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1796 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1929 | ||||||||
| Political subdivisions | uezds: 11 | ||||||||
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Vyatka Governorate[a] was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of the Russian Empire and the Russian SFSR from 1796 to 1929, with its capital in Vyatka (now Kirov). The area of the governorate roughly corresponds to modern-day Kirov Oblast and Udmurtia.
It was formed on territory of the historical lands of Vyatka (Latin: Veticiae).[2]
Geography
Vyatka Governorate was bordered with Vologda Governorate (to the north), Perm Governorate (to the east), Nizhny Novgorod and Kazan governorates (to the south), and Kostroma Governorate (to the west). Its area was approximately 169,629 km2 (65,494 sq mi).
Administrative divisions
The governorate was divided into 11 uyezds:
- Vyatsky Uyezd
- Glazovsky Uyezd
- Yelabuzhsky Uyezd
- Kotelnichsky Uyezd
- Malmyzhsky Uyezd
- Nolinsky Uyezd
- Orlovsky Uyezd
- Sarapulsky Uyezd
- Slobodskoy Uyezd
- Urzhumsky Uyezd
- Yaransky Uyezd
Population
According to the 1897 census, the population of the Vyatka Governorate was 3,030,831. Russian people composed 77.4% of the population; Udmurt people – 12.5%; Mari people – 4.8%, and Tatar people – 4.1%.[3] According to 1958 data, the population was 2,123,904; according 1910 data it was 3,747,000.[4]
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).
- ^ Introduction into the Latin epigraphy (Введение в латинскую эпиграфику).
- ^ Демоскоп Weekly — Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей
- ^ Россия: Полное географическое описание нашего отечества: Настольная и дорожная книга. Том 5. Урал и Приуралье/ Под ред. В. П. Семенова-Тян-Шанского; Под общим руководством П. П. Семенова-Тян-Шанского и академика В. И. Ламанского.