Oryol Governorate (Russian: Орловская губерния, romanizedOrlovskaya guberniya) was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of the Russian Empire and the Russian SFSR, which existed from 1796 to 1928. Its seat was in the city of Oryol.

Oryol Governorate
Орловская губерния
Governorate of the Russian Empire (1778/1796–1917), Russian Republic, and RSFSR (1917–1928)
1778/1796–1928
Coat of arms of Oryol
Coat of arms

Location in the Russian Empire
CapitalOryol
Area 
• 
46,726.2 km2 (18,041.1 sq mi)
Population 
• 1897[1]
2,033,798
History 
• Established
1778/1796
• Disestablished
1928
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Oryol Viceroyalty
Central Black Earth Oblast

Administrative division edit

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

References edit

  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).

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