Kostroma Governorate

Kostroma Governorate (Russian: Костромская губерния, romanized: Kostromskaya guberniya) was an administrative division (a guberniya) of the Russian Empire and the Russian SFSR, which existed from 1796 to 1929. Its administrative center was in the city of Kostroma.

Kostroma Governorate
Костромская губерния
Governorate of Russian Empire
1796–1929
Coat of arms of Kostroma
Coat of arms

Kostroma Governorate within the Russian Empire
CapitalKostroma
History
History 
 Established
1796
 Disestablished
1929

Administrative division

Kostroma Governorate consisted of 12 uyezds (their administrative centres in brackets):

History

References

  • William Henry Beable (1919), "Governments or Provinces of the Former Russian Empire: Kostroma", Russian Gazetteer and Guide, London: Russian Outlook via Open Library

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