Kaluga Governorate (1796–1929) was a governorate of the Russian Empire and the

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. Its capital was

Kaluga Kaluga ( rus, Калу́га, p=kɐˈɫuɡə), a city and the administrative center of Kaluga Oblast in Russia, stands on the Oka River southwest of Moscow. Population: Kaluga's most famous resident, the space travel pioneer Konstantin Tsi ...

Administrative division

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

Borovsky Uyezd Borovsky Uyezd (''Бо́ровский уе́зд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Kaluga Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the northeastern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Borovsk. Demographics At th ...

( Borovsk) *

Zhizdrinsky Uyezd Zhizdrinsky Uyezd (''Жи́здринский уе́зд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Kaluga Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the southwestern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Zhizdra. Demograp ...

( Zhizdra) *

Kaluzhsky Uyezd Kaluzhsky Uyezd (''Калу́жский уе́зд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Kaluga Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the northeastern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Kaluga. Demographics At th ...

(

) *

Kozelsky Uyezd Kozelsky Uyezd (''Козе́льский уе́зд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Kaluga Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the southern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Kozelsk. Demographics At t ...

(

Kozelsk Kozelsk (russian: Козе́льск) is a town and the administrative center of Kozelsky District in Kaluga Oblast, Russia, located on the Zhizdra River (Oka's tributary), southwest of Kaluga, the administrative center of the oblast. Popula ...

) *

Likhvinsky Uyezd Likhvinsky Uyezd (''Ли́хвинский уе́зд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Kaluga Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the eastern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Likhvin (Chekalin). Demogr ...

(

Likhvin Chekalin (russian: Чека́лин), formerly known as Likhvin () until 1945, is a town in Suvorovsky District of Tula Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Oka River. Population: In 2010 it was the least populous inhabited locality ...

) *

Maloyaroslavetsky Uyezd Maloyaroslavetsky Uyezd (''Малояросла́вецкий уе́зд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Kaluga Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the northeastern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Maloy ...

( Maloyaroslavets) *

Medynsky Uyezd Medynsky Uyezd (''Меды́нский уе́зд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Kaluga Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the northern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Medyn. Demographics At the ti ...

(

Medyn Medyn (russian: Меды́нь) is a town and the administrative center of Medynsky District in Kaluga Oblast, Russia, located on the Medynka River (Oka basin), northwest of Kaluga, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: Hist ...

) *

Meshchovsky Uyezd Meshchovsky Uyezd (''Мещо́вский уе́зд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Kaluga Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the central part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Meshchovsk. Demographics At ...

(

Meshchovsk Meshchovsk (russian: Мещо́вск) is a town and the administrative center of Meshchovsky District in Kaluga Oblast, Russia, located on the Tureya River southwest of Kaluga, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: History It ...

) *

Mosalsky Uyezd Mosalsky Uyezd (''Моса́льский уе́зд '') was one of the subdivisions of the Kaluga Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the western part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Mosalsk. Demographics At t ...

( Mosalsk) * Peremyshlsky Uyezd ( Peremyshl) *

Tarussky Uyezd Tarussky Uyezd (''Тару́сский уе́зд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Kaluga Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the northeastern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Tarusa. Demographics At t ...

( Tarusa)

Demographics

At the time of the

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of 1897, Kaluga Governorate had a population of 1,132,843. Of these, 99.4% spoke Russian, 0.2% Polish, 0.1%

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, 0.1%

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, 0.1% Belarusian and 0.1%

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as their native language.
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