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Oryol Governorate

Coordinates: 52°58′00″N 36°05′00″E / 52.9667°N 36.0833°E / 52.9667; 36.0833
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Oryol Governorate
Орловская губерния
Governorate of the Russian Empire (1778/1796–1917), Russian Republic, and RSFSR (1917–1928)
1778/1796–1928
Coat of arms of Oryol
Coat of arms

Location in the Russian Empire
CapitalOryol
Area 
• 
46,726.2 km2 (18,041.1 sq mi)
Population 
• 1897[1]
2,033,798
History 
• Established
1778/1796
• Disestablished
1928
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Oryol Viceroyalty
Central Black Earth Oblast

Oryol Governorate (Russian: Орловская губерния, romanizedOrlovskaya guberniya) was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of the Russian Empire and the Russian SFSR, which existed from 1796 to 1928. Its seat was in the city of Oryol.

Administrative division

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Oryol Governorate consisted of the following uyezds (administrative centres in parentheses):

References

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  1. ^ "Первая всеобщая перепись населения Российской Империи 1897 г." [The first general census of the population of the Russian Empire in 1897]. Demoscope Weekly (in Russian).

52°58′00″N 36°05′00″E / 52.9667°N 36.0833°E / 52.9667; 36.0833