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1796–1929 unit of Russia
Vyatka GovernorateВятская губерния
Governorate of the Russian Empire (1796–1917), Russian Republic and RSFSR (1917–1929)
1796–1929
Coat of arms of Kirov Coat of arms

Location within the Russian Empire
CapitalVyatka
Area 
• (1897)169,629 km (65,494 sq mi)
Population 
• (1897) 3,030,831
History 
• Established 1796
• Disestablished 1929
Political subdivisionsuezds: 11
Preceded by Succeeded by
Vyatka Viceroyalty
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast

Vyatka Governorate was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of the Russian Empire and the Russian SFSR from 1796 to 1929, with its capital in Vyatka (now Kirov). The area of the governorate roughly corresponds to modern-day Kirov Oblast and Udmurtia.

It was formed on territory of the historical lands of Vyatka (Latin: Veticiae).

Geography

Vyatka Governorate was bordered with Vologda Governorate (to the north), Perm Governorate (to the east), Nizhny Novgorod and Kazan governorates (to the south), and Kostroma Governorate (to the west). Its area was approximately 169,629 km (65,494 sq mi).

Administrative divisions

The governorate was divided into 11 uyezds:

  1. Vyatsky Uyezd
  2. Glazovsky Uyezd
  3. Yelabuzhsky Uyezd
  4. Kotelnichsky Uyezd
  5. Malmyzhsky Uyezd
  6. Nolinsky Uyezd
  7. Orlovsky Uyezd
  8. Sarapulsky Uyezd
  9. Slobodskoy Uyezd
  10. Urzhumsky Uyezd
  11. Yaransky Uyezd

Population

According to the 1897 census, the population of the Vyatka Governorate was 3,030,831. Russian people composed 77.4% of the population; Udmurt people – 12.5%; Mari people – 4.8%, and Tatar people – 4.1%. According to 1958 data, the population was 2,123,904; according 1910 data it was 3,747,000.

References

  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. Introduction into the Latin epigraphy (Введение в латинскую эпиграфику).
  3. Демоскоп Weekly — Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей
  4. Россия: Полное географическое описание нашего отечества: Настольная и дорожная книга. Том 5. Урал и Приуралье/ Под ред. В. П. Семенова-Тян-Шанского; Под общим руководством П. П. Семенова-Тян-Шанского и академика В. И. Ламанского.

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¹ Italics indicates renamed or abolished governorates, oblasts, etc on 1 January 1914.
² An asterisk (+) indicates governorates formed or created with renaming after 1 January 1914.
³ Ostsee or Baltic general-governorship was abolished in 1876.
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