Primorskaya Oblast (russian: Примо́рская о́бласть) was an administrative division of the

Russian Empire The Russian Empire was an empire and the final period of the Russian monarchy from 1721 to 1917, ruling across large parts of Eurasia. It succeeded the Tsardom of Russia following the Treaty of Nystad, which ended the Great Northern War ...

and the early

Russian SFSR The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR or RSFSR ( rus, Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика, Rossíyskaya Sovétskaya Federatívnaya Soci ...

, created on October 31, 1856 by the Governing Senate.''History of Soviet Primorye'', pg. 31 The name of the region literally means "Maritime" or "Coastal." The region was established upon a Russian conquest of Daur people that used to live along

Amur River The Amur (russian: река́ Аму́р, ), or Heilong Jiang (, "Black Dragon River", ), is the world's tenth longest river, forming the border between the Russian Far East and Northeastern China (Inner Manchuria). The Amur proper is long ...

. Before the Russian conquest, the territory belonged to the Chinese region of

Outer Manchuria Outer Manchuria (russian: Приаму́рье, translit=Priamurye; zh, s=外满洲, t=外滿洲, p=Wài Mǎnzhōu), or Outer Northeast China ( zh, s=外东北, t=外東北, p=Wài Dōngběi), refers to a territory in Northeast Asia that is no ...

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The

Amur The Amur (russian: река́ Аму́р, ), or Heilong Jiang (, "Black Dragon River", ), is the world's tenth longest river, forming the border between the Russian Far East and Northeastern China (Inner Manchuria). The Amur proper is long ...

region was raided by the 1651 Russian expedition of Yerofey Khabarov, after which the indigenous Daur people were either killed or fled further into territory of Qing China. Before the Russian conquest, the territory belonged to the Chinese region of

. The precursor of Primorskaya Oblast was the Albazino Voivodeship that existed 1882-86 and was abolished upon the conclusion of the Sino-Russian border conflicts. At first it was part of the Eastern Siberian General Government, but beginning 1884 within the Cis-Amur General Government. Originally the oblast included the entire northeastern portion of Russia and territories of the Cis-Amur region. It was organized out of the newly acquired territories of the valley of the

River Amur The Amur (russian: река́ Аму́р, ), or Heilong Jiang (, "Black Dragon River", ), is the world's tenth longest river, forming the border between the Russian Far East and Northeastern China ( Inner Manchuria). The Amur proper is long, ...

, Kamchatka Oblast, and

Sakhalin Sakhalin ( rus, Сахали́н, r=Sakhalín, p=səxɐˈlʲin; ja, 樺太 ''Karafuto''; zh, c=, p=Kùyèdǎo, s=库页岛, t=庫頁島; Manchu: ᠰᠠᡥᠠᠯᡳᠶᠠᠨ, ''Sahaliyan''; Orok: Бугата на̄, ''Bugata nā''; Nivkh ...

. In 1858 the territory bordering along the left-bank of the

to the outlet of the Ussuri River was transferred to the newly established Amur Oblast. At that time the region only included four districts: Nikolayevsk, Sofiysk, Okhotsk, Kamchatka. According to the Peking Treaty, in 1860 the

Ussuri Krai Ussuri krai () is an unofficial name for a part of Primorsky Krai and Khabarovsky Krai that consisted of the Ussuri and South-Ussuri Okrugs. The name was often used in the late Russian Empire. The name comes from the fact that Ussuri River is loca ...

was annexed to the region, based on the Treaty of Aigun and the

Convention of Peking The Convention of Peking or First Convention of Peking is an agreement comprising three distinct treaties concluded between the Qing dynasty of China and Great Britain, France, and the Russian Empire in 1860. In China, they are regarded as amo ...

. During 1880-1888 there was created a separate ''Vladivostok Military Governorate'' that included Muravyov-Amursky Peninsula and the port of Vladivostok. In 1884

was separated as a separate administrative territory. The capital of the oblast was originally Nikolayevsk-on-Amur, during 1880-1888 – Khabarovka (presently named Khabarovsk), and during 1888 it was relocated to Vladivostok. In 1920, Primorskaya Oblast was included in the Far Eastern Republic and in 1922 transformed into the Primorskaya Governorate. From 1932-39, there existed a region with the same name that was part of the Far Eastern Krai of the

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File:Map of Irkutsk Namestnichestvo 1792 (small atlas).jpg, Irkutsk Vice-royalty in 1792. File:Map irk gub 1808.jpg,

Irkutsk Governorate Irkutsk Governorate (russian: Иркутская губерния) was an administrative division (a '' guberniya'') of the Russian Empire, located in Siberia Siberia ( ; rus, Сибирь, r=Sibir', p=sʲɪˈbʲirʲ, a=Ru-Сибирь.ogg) ...

(Eastern Siberia) in 1808. File:Yakutsk Amursk Primorye Oblast.jpg, Eastern Siberia. File:John-Tallis-1851-Tibet-Mongolia-and-Manchuria-NE.jpg, 1851 map of

region. File:Primorskaya_oblast_(region)_of_Russian_Impire.jpg, Map of Primorskaya Oblast in 1899 File:Map_of_Primorsk_Oblast,_1913.gif, Map of Primorskaya Oblast in 1913

References

Notes

Sources

*"История Советского Приморья" (''History of the Soviet Primorye''), под ред. А. И. Крушанова (ed. A. I. Krushanov). Дальневосточное книжное издательство. Владивосток, 1976.

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