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Tula Governorate

Coordinates: 54°12′00″N 37°37′00″E / 54.2000°N 37.6167°E / 54.2000; 37.6167
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Tula Governorate
Тульская губерния
Governorate of Russian Empire (1796–1917), Russian Republic, and RSFSR (1917–1929)
1796–1929
Coat of arms of Tula
Coat of arms

Location in the Russian Empire
CapitalTula
Area 
• 
30,960.3 km2 (11,953.8 sq mi)
Population 
• 1897[1]
1,419,456
History 
• Established
1796
• Disestablished
1929
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Tula Viceroyalty
Central Industrial Oblast

Tula Governorate (Russian: Тульская губерния, romanizedTul'skaya guberniya) was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of the Russian Empire and the Russian SFSR, with its capital in Tula.[2]

The governate existed from 1796 to 1929; its seat was in the city of Tula. It was divided into 12 districts.[2] The main towns were Alexin, Bogoroditsk, Byelev, Chern, Epifan, Efremov, Kashira, Krapivna, Novosil, Odoyev, Tula, and Venev.

Administrative division

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

See also

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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).
  2. ^ a b "Tula" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 27 (11th ed.). 1911. pp. 365–366.

54°12′00″N 37°37′00″E / 54.2000°N 37.6167°E / 54.2000; 37.6167