v. Sankt-Peterburg Gubernia, the

Subject / Topography
ST. PETERSBURG GUBERNIA, historic adm. and territorial unit of Russia. Established in 1708 by the decree of Peter I subdividing Russia into eight gubernias. It included the areas of the current Leningrad, Novgorod, Pskov, and Tver Oblasts, and partially, of Archangel, Vologda, and Yaroslavl Oblasts and of the Republic of Karelia (total area: 482,500 sq. km.) Before 1710, it was also named Ingermanland Gubernia. In the reform of 1727, the area of SPb Gubernia was greatly reduced, as Novgorod Gubernia was created, a part of Yaroslavl Province and Uglich Province were transferred to Moscow Gubernia, and Narva Province, to Estlandia. In 1744, Vyborg Gubernia was separated from SPb Gubernia. In the mid-18th century, SPb Gubernia consisted of four districts (uyezds): St. Petersburg, Schlusselburg, Koporye, and Yamburg. In 1780, during the gubernia reform of Catherine II, it was restructured into a gubernia with seven uyezds: St. Petersburg, Schlusselburg, Sofia, Rozhdestveno, Oranienbaum, Yamburg, and Narva. In 1802, Rozhdestveno and Narva Uyezds were abolished, while Gdov, Luga, and Novaya Ladoga Uyezds were added. In 1808, after Sofia Town was included in Tsarskoye Selo, Sofia Uyezd was renamed Tsarskoye Selo Uyezd. In 1812, Sestroretsk was transferred to Vyborg Gubernia, but returned to SPb Gubernia in 1864. In 1848, Oranienbaum Uyezd was transformed into Peterhof Uyezd, as its center was relocated to Peterhof Town. The uyezds were subdivided into volosts. SPb Gubernia had two port towns, Kronstadt and Narva. In 1897, the population of SPb Gubernia (w/o SPb) was 840,700 (the urban population was a mere 8 per cent .) Area: 53,800 sq. km. The gubernia was inhabited by Russians, Ingermanlandian Finns, Izhorians, Vod, Estonians, and Germans. The proximity of the capital determined development of trades, and the country house trade in particular (see Dacha architecture, Dacha residents.) Many country estates of the nobility appeared in SPb Gubernia. In 1870, SPb was detached from SPb gubernia into a separate governorship (reunited in 1920.) In 1914, the gubernia was renamed Petrograd Gubernia, and in 1924, Leningrad Gubernia. In 1918 it was included in the Union of Northern Oblast Communes. In 1922, Vytegra and Lodeynoye Pole Uyezds of the abolished Olonets Gubernia were included in the gubernia. In 1927, it became a part of the new-established Leningrad Oblast. The area of SPb Gubernia occupied the western part of the current Leningrad Oblast. The southern half of the former Gdov Uyezd of SPb Gubernia with Gdov Town belongs to Pskov Oblast. Chistyakov, Anton Yuryevich
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Neighbouring Territories/Arkhangelsk Oblast, the
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Neighbouring Territories/Pskov Oblast, the/Gdov Town
Historical Toponyms/Saint Petersburg Gubernia, the/Gdov Uyezd
Historical Toponyms/Saint Petersburg Gubernia, the/Gdov Uyezd
Historical Toponyms/Ingermanlandia (Ingria)
Neighbouring Territories/Karelian Republic
Historical Toponyms/Saint Petersburg Gubernia, the/Koporye Uyezd
Saint-Petersburg City/Kronshtadt Town
Historical Toponyms/Saint Petersburg Gubernia, the/Lodeynoye Pole Uyezd
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Neighbouring Territories/Narva City
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Neighbouring Territories/Novgorod Oblast, the
Historical Toponyms/Saint Petersburg Gubernia, the/Novoya Ladoga Uyezd
Historical Toponyms/Olonets Gubernia (Province)
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Saint-Petersburg City/Peterhof Town
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Neighbouring Territories/Pskov Oblast, the
Historical Toponyms/Saint Petersburg Gubernia, the/Rozhdestveno Uyezd
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Historical Toponyms/Saint Petersburg Gubernia, the/Sankt-Peterburg Uyezd
Saint-Petersburg City/Sestroretsk Town
Historical Toponyms/Saint Petersburg Gubernia, the/Shlisselburg Uyezd
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Historical Toponyms/Saint Petersburg Gubernia, the/Sofiya Uyezd
Historical Toponyms/Tsarskoye Selo Town
Historical Toponyms/Saint Petersburg Gubernia, the/Tsarskoye Selo Uyezd
Neighbouring Territories/Tver Oblast, the
Historical Toponyms/Uglitskaya Province
Neighbouring Territories/Vologda Oblast, the
Historical Toponyms/Vyborg Gubernia
Historical Toponyms/Vyborg Gubernia
Historical Toponyms/Saint Petersburg Gubernia, the/Vytegra Uyezd
Historical Toponyms/Saint Petersburg Gubernia, the/Yamburg Uyezd
Neighbouring Territories/Yaroslavl Oblast, the
Historical Toponyms/Yaroslavl Province
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Estonians
Finns of Ingermanlandia
Germen
Izhora (Izhora men)
People who spend time at their dachas (holiday cottage in the country).
Russians
Vod (Votes)