Kostroma Governorate Explained

Native Name:Костромская губерния
Conventional Long Name:Kostroma Governorate
Common Name:Kostroma
Subdivision:Governorate
Nation:the Russian Empire
Year Start:1796
Year End:1929
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Image Map Caption:Kostroma Governorate within the Russian Empire
Capital:Kostroma
P1:Kostroma Viceroyalty
S1:Kostroma Okrug

Kostroma Governorate (Russian: Костромская губерния|Kostromskaya guberniya) was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of the Russian Empire and the Russian SFSR, which existed from 1796 to 1929. Its administrative center was in the city of Kostroma.

Administrative division

Kostroma Governorate consisted of 12 uyezds (their administrative centres in brackets):

References

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