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Tula Governorate 
Summary
Tula Governorate (Russian: Тульская губерния, romanized: Tul'skaya guberniya) was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of the Russian Empire and the Russian SFSR, with its capital in Tula.[2]
| Tula Governorate Тульская губерния | |||||||||
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| Governorate of Russian Empire (1796–1917), Russian Republic, and RSFSR (1917–1929) | |||||||||
| 1796–1929 | |||||||||
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 Location in the Russian Empire | |||||||||
| Capital | Tula | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
• | 30,960.3 km2 (11,953.8 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
| 1,419,456 | |||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1796 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1929 | ||||||||
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The governate existed from 1796 to 1929; its seat was in the city of Tula. It was divided into 12 districts.[2] The main towns were Alexin, Bogoroditsk, Byelev, Chern, Epifan, Efremov, Kashira, Krapivna, Novosil, Odoyev, Tula, and Venev.
Administrative division edit
Ufa Governorate consisted of the following uyezds (administrative centres in parentheses):
- Aleksinsky Uyezd (Aleksin)
- Belyovsky Uyezd (Belyov)
- Bogoroditsky Uyezd (Bogoroditsk)
- Venyovsky Uyezd (Venyov)
- Yepifansky Uyezd (Yepifan)
- Yefremovsky Uyezd (Yefremov)
- Kashirsky Uyezd (Kashira)
- Krapivensky Uyezd (Krapivna)
- Novosilsky Uyezd (Novosil)
- Odoyevsky Uyezd (Odoyev)
- Tulsky Uyezd (Tula)
- Chernsky Uyezd (Chern)
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "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).
- ^ a b . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 27 (11th ed.). 1911. pp. 365–366.
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