Kostroma Governorate () was an administrative-territorial unit (''
guberniya'') of the
Russian Empire
The Russian Empire was an empire that spanned most of northern Eurasia from its establishment in November 1721 until the proclamation of the Russian Republic in September 1917. At its height in the late 19th century, it covered about , roughl ...
and the
Russian SFSR, which existed from 1796 to 1929. Its administrative center was in the city of
Kostroma.
Administrative division
Kostroma Governorate consisted of 12 uyezds (their administrative centres in brackets):
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Buysky Uyezd (
Buy)
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Varnavinsky Uyezd (
Varnavino)
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Vetluzhsky Uyezd (
Vetluga)
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Galichsky Uyezd
Galichsky Uyezd (''Галичский уезд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Kostroma Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the western part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Galich.
Demographics
At the t ...
(
Galich)
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Kineshemsky Uyezd (
Kineshma)
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Kologrivsky Uyezd (
Kologriv)
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Kostromskoy Uyezd (
Kostroma)
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Makaryevsky Uyezd (
Makaryev)
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Nerekhtsky Uyezd (
Nerekhta)
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Soligalichsky Uyezd (
Soligalich)
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Chukhlomskoy Uyezd (
Chukhloma)
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Yuryevetsky Uyezd (
Yuryevets)
History
Demographics
References
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Governorates of the Russian Empire
Governorates of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
States and territories established in 1796
States and territories disestablished in 1929
1796 establishments in the Russian Empire
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