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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 km2 (65,494 sq mi).




Administrative divisions


The governorate was divided into 11 uyezds:

Vyatsky Uyezd
Glazovsky Uyezd
Yelabuzhsky Uyezd
Kotelnichsky Uyezd
Malmyzhsky Uyezd
Nolinsky Uyezd
Orlovsky Uyezd
Sarapulsky Uyezd
Slobodskoy Uyezd
Urzhumsky Uyezd
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






External links


Detailed map of Vyatka Governorate by A. A. Ilin, 1876

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Ivan Shishkin
• Apollinary Vasnetsov
• Vyatka Governorate
• Viktor Vasnetsov
• Perm Governorate
• Orlovsky Uyezd (Vyatka Governorate)
• Administrative divisions of the Republic of Tatarstan
• List of governorates of the Russian Empire
• Ivan Shishkin
• Vladimir Bekhterev
• Nizhny Novgorod Governorate
• Garmon