Oryol Governorate (russian: Орловская губерния, ''Orlovskaya guberniya'') or the Government of Oryol, was an administrative division (a ''
guberniya'') 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 ...
, which existed from 1796 to 1928. Its seat was in the city of
Oryol.
Administrative division
Oryol Governorate consisted of the following uyezds (administrative centres in parentheses):
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Bolkhovsky Uyezd (
Bolkhov
Bolkhov (russian: Бо́лхов) is a town and the administrative center of Bolkhovsky District in Oryol Oblast, Russia, located on the Nugr River (Oka's tributary), from Oryol, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 12,800 (1 ...
)
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Bryansky Uyezd (
Bryansk
Bryansk ( rus, Брянск, p=brʲansk) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative center of Bryansk Oblast, Russia, situated on the Desna (river), River Desna, southwest of Moscow. Population:
Geography Urban la ...
)
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Dmitrovsky Uyezd (
Dmitrovsk
Dmitrovsk (russian: Дмитро́вск) is a town and the administrative center of Dmitrovsky District in Oryol Oblast, Russia, located on the Obshcheritsa River near its confluence with the Nerussa, southwest of Oryol, the administrative c ...
)
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Yeletsky Uyezd (
Yelets
Yelets, or Elets (russian: Еле́ц), is a city in Lipetsk Oblast, Russia, situated on the Bystraya Sosna River, which is a tributary of the Don. Population:
History
Yelets is the oldest center of the Central Black Earth Region. It was me ...
)
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Karachevsky Uyezd (
Karachev
Karachev (russian: Карачев) is an ancient town and the administrative center of Karachevsky District in Bryansk Oblast, Russia. Population:
History
First chronicled in 1146, it was the capital of one of the Upper Oka Principalities in t ...
)
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Kromskoy Uyezd (
Kromy
Kromy (russian: Кромы) is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia.
;Urban localities
* Kromy, Oryol Oblast, an urban-type settlement in Kromskoy District of Oryol Oblast
;Rural localities
* Kromy, Ivanovo Oblast, a '' selo'' in ...
)
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Livensky Uyezd
Livensky (russian: Ливенский; masculine), Livenskaya (; feminine), or Livenskoye (; neuter) is the name of several rural localities in Russia:
* Livenskoye, Kaliningrad Oblast, a settlement in Alexeyevsky Rural Okrug of Krasnoznamensky ...
(
Livny
Livny (russian: Ливны, p=ˈlʲivnɨ) is a town in Oryol Oblast, Russia. As of 2018, it had a population of 47,221. :ru:Ливны#cite note-2018AA-3
History
The town is believed to have originated in 1586 as Ust-Livny, a wooden fort on th ...
)
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Maloarkhangelsky Uyezd Maloarkhangelsky Uyezd (''Малоарха́нгельский уезд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Oryol Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the southeastern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Maloar ...
(
Maloarkhangelsk)
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Mtsensky Uyezd
Mtsensky Uyezd (''Мце́нский уе́зд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Oryol Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the central part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Mtsensk.
Demographics
At the time ...
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Mtsensk
Mtsensk (russian: Мценск) is a town in Oryol Oblast, Russia, located on the Zusha River (a tributary of the Oka) northeast of Oryol, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 28,000 (1970).
History
It was first mentioned i ...
)
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Orlovsky Uyezd (
Oryol)
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Sevsky Uyezd Sevsky Uyezd (''Се́вский уе́зд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Oryol Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the southwestern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Sevsk.
Demographics
At the time o ...
(
Sevsk Sevsk (russian: Севск) is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia.
;Urban localities
*Sevsk, Bryansk Oblast, a town in Sevsky District of Bryansk Oblast;
;Rural localities
* Sevsk, Kemerovo Oblast, a settlement in Burlakovskaya R ...
)
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Trubchevsky Uyezd Trubchevsky Uyezd (''Трубче́вский уе́зд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Oryol Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the western part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Trubchevsk.
Demographics
A ...
(
Trubchevsk
Trubchevsk (russian: Трубче́вск, pl, Trubczewsk) is a town and the administrative center of Trubchevsky District in Bryansk Oblast, Russia, located about south of the city of Bryansk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population ...
)
References
Governorates of the Russian Empire
States and territories established in 1796
States and territories disestablished in 1928
1796 establishments in the Russian Empire
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