Novgorod Governorate

Map of Novgorod Governorate

Novgorod Governorate (Russian: Новгоро́дская губе́рния), or Government of Novgorod, was a governorate (guberniya) of the Russian Empire.

The governorate was established in 1727 from Belozersk, Novgorod, Pskov, Tver, and Velikiye Luki Provinces of the St. Petersburg Governorate and existed until 1927, when its territory was included into the North-Western Krai.

The center of the governorate was in the city of Veliky Novgorod.

In June 1918, out five uyezds of the Novgorod Governorate (Beloozersky, Kirillovsky, Tikhvinsky, Ustyuzhensky, and Cherepovetsky) was created the Cherepovets Governorate with the administrative center in Cherepovets.^[1]

See also

• Vologda Oblast

References

1. ^ State Archives of the Vologda Oblast