Kaluga Governorate
Kaluga Governorate (1796–1929[1]) was a governorate of the Russian Empire and the Russian SFSR. Its capital was Kaluga.[2]
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Kaluga Governorate within the Russian Empire
Administrative division
Kaluga Governorate consisted of the following uyezds (administrative centres in parentheses):
- Borovsky Uyezd (Borovsk)
- Zhizdrinsky Uyezd (Zhizdra)
- Kaluzhsky Uyezd (Kaluga)
- Kozelsky Uyezd (Kozelsk)
- Likhvinsky Uyezd (Likhvin)
- Maloyaroslavetsky Uyezd (Maloyaroslavets)
- Medynsky Uyezd (Medyn)
- Meshchovsky Uyezd (Meshchovsk)
- Mosalsky Uyezd (Mosalsk)
- Peremyshlsky Uyezd (Peremyshl)
- Tarussky Uyezd (Tarusa)
Demographics
At the time of the Russian Empire Census of 1897, Kaluga Governorate had a population of 1,132,843. Of these, 99.4% spoke Russian, 0.2% Polish, 0.1% Yiddish, 0.1% Ukrainian, 0.1% Belarusian and 0.1% German as their native language.[3]
References
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- Постановление ВЦИК от 14.01.1929 «Об образовании на территории Р. С. Ф. С. Р. административно-территориальных объединений краевого и областного значения»
- "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1926 г." Archived from the original on 2014-04-07.
- Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей
Further reading
- William Henry Beable (1919), "Governments or Provinces of the Former Russian Empire: Kaluga", Russian Gazetteer and Guide, London: Russian Outlook – via Open Library
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