Samara Governorate

Samara Governorate
Самарская губерния
Governorate of the Russian Empire
1851–1928
Coat of arms
Map of Samara Governorate, 1890s.
Capital Samara
History
 • Established 1851
 • Disestablished 14 May 1928
Population
 • 1897 2,751,336 

Samara Governorate (Russian: Самарская губерния) was an administrative division (a guberniya) of the Russian Empire, located in the Volga Region. It existed from 1851 to 1928; its seat was in the city of Samara.[1]

Administrative divisions

The governorate was divided into seven uyezds (counties). These were:[1]

  • Bugulminsky Uyezd
  • Buguruslansky Uyezd
  • Buzuluksky Uyezd
  • Nikolayevsky Uyezd
  • Novouzensky Uyezd
  • Samarsky Uyezd
  • Stavropolsky Uyezd
Map of the administrative divisions of the governorate, to 1918

References

  1. 1 2 "Самарская губерния" [Samara Governorate]. Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary (in Russian). St. Petersburg. 1900.

Coordinates: 53°11′00″N 50°07′00″E / 53.1833°N 50.1167°E / 53.1833; 50.1167

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