Tula Governorate
Тульская губерния
Governorate of Russian Empire (1796–1917), Russian Republic, and RSFSR (1917–1929)
1796–1929
Coat of arms of Tula
Coat of arms

Tula Governorate within the Russian Empire
CapitalTula
Area 
 
30,960.3 km2 (11,953.8 sq mi)
Population 
 1897[1]
1,419,456
History 
 Established
1796
 Disestablished
1929
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Tula Viceroyalty
Central Industrial Oblast

Tula Governorate (Russian: Тульская губерния) was an administrative division (a guberniya) of the Russian Empire and the Russian SFSR, located in the south of Moscow Governorate.[2]

The Governate existed from 1796 to 1929; its seat was in the city of Tula. It was divided into twelve districts.[2] The main towns were Alexin, Bogoroditsk, Byelev, Chern, Epifan, Efremov, Kashira, Krapivna, Novosil, Odoyev, Tula, and Venev.

Administrative division

Ufa Governorate consisted of the following uyezds (administrative centres in parentheses):

See also

References

  1. "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).
  2. 1 2 "Tula" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 27 (11th ed.). 1911. pp. 365–366.

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