Oryol Governorate () was an administrative-territorial unit ('' guberniya'') of the

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and the

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, which existed from 1796 to 1928. Its seat was in the city of

Oryol Oryol ( rus, Орёл, , ɐˈrʲɵl, a=ru-Орёл.ogg, links=y, ), also transliterated as Orel or Oriol, is a Classification of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative center of Oryol Oblast, Russia, situated on the Oka Rive ...

Administrative division

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

Bolkhovsky Uyezd Bolkhovsky Uyezd (''Бо́лховский уе́зд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Oryol Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the northern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Bolkhov. Demographics At the ...

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Bolkhov Bolkhov () 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 (1969); 20,703 (1897). ...

) *

Bryansky Uyezd Bryansky Uyezd (''Бря́нский уезд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Oryol Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the northwestern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Bryansk. Demographics At the t ...

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Bryansk Bryansk (, ) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative center of Bryansk Oblast, Russia, situated on the Desna (river), Desna River, southwest of Moscow. It has a population of 379,152 at the 2021 census. Bryans ...

) * Dmitrovsky Uyezd (

Dmitrovsk Dmitrovsk () 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 center of the oblast. Populat ...

) *

Yeletsky Uyezd Yeletsky Uyezd (''Еле́цкий уезд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Oryol Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the eastern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Yelets. Demographics At the time of t ...

(

Yelets Yelets or Elets () is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city in Lipetsk Oblast, Russia, situated on the Bystraya Sosna River, which is a tributary of the Don River, Russia, Don. Population: History Yelets is the oldest center of the ...

) * Karachevsky Uyezd (

Karachev Karachev () is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, 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 Principal ...

) *

Kromskoy Uyezd Kromskoy Uyezd (''Кромской уезд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Oryol Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the southern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Kromy. Demographics At the time of the ...

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Kromy Kromy () is the name of several types of inhabited localities in Russia, inhabited localities in Russia. ;Urban localities *Kromy, Oryol Oblast, an urban-type settlement in Kromskoy District of Oryol Oblast ;Rural localities *Kromy, Ivanovo Oblas ...

) * Livensky Uyezd (

Livny Livny (, ) 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 the bank of the Livenka River, ...

) *

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) *

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 () 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 in the Nikon Chronic ...

) * Orlovsky Uyezd (

) *

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, Bryansk Oblast, Sevsk. Demo ...

(

Sevsk Sevsk () 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 Rural Territory of Pr ...

) *

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 (, ) 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: History An old Severian town, Trubchevs ...

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References

Governorates of the Russian Empire States and territories established in 1796 States and territories disestablished in 1928 1796 establishments in the Russian Empire {{Russia-hist-stub