Moscow Governorate

Coat of arms of Moscow Governorate

Moscow Governorate (Russian: Московская губерния; pre-reform Russian: Московская губернiя), or Government of Moscow, was an administrative division (a guberniya) of the Russian Empire, which existed in 1708–1929.

The Governorate was established on December 29 [O.S. December 18], 1708 together with seven other governorates, by Tsar Peter the Great's edict.^[1]

As with the rest of the governorates, the description of Moscow Governorate's borders was not given. Instead, the territory was defined as a set of cities and the lands adjacent to those cities.

Cities included into Moscow Governorate at the time of its establishment^[1]

#	City	#	City	#	City
1.	Moscow	14.	Lyubim	27.	Suzdal
2.	Aleksin	15.	Medyn	28.	Tarussa
3.	Borovsk	16.	Mikhaylov	29.	Tsarev Borisov
4.	Dedilov	17.	Mozhaysk	30.	Tula
5.	Dmitrov	18.	Obolensk	31.	Veneva
6.	Gremyachey	19.	Pecherniki	32.	Vereya
7.	Kaluga	20.	Pereslavl Ryazanskoy	33.	Volodimir
8.	Klin	21.	Pereslavl Zaleskoy	34.	Volokolamsk
9.	Kolomna	22.	Pronsk	35.	Yaroslavets Maly
10.	Koshira	23.	Rostov	36.	Yepifan
11.	Kostroma	24.	Ruza	37.	Yuryev Polskoy
12.	Krapivna	25.	Serpukhov	38.	Zaraysk
13.	Lukh	26.	Shuya	39.	Zvenigorod

The governorate underwent numerous changes in the following years, and was finally abolished on January 14, 1929 when modern Moscow Oblast was created.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Указ об учреждении губерний и о росписании к ним городов (Russian)