Penza Governorate

Penza Governorate
Пензенская губерния
Governorate of the Russian Empire
1780–1928
Coat of arms of Penza Governorate
Coat of arms

Location in the Russian Empire
Area 
• 1897
36,408 km2 (14,057 sq mi)
Population 
• 1897
1,470,474[1]
History 
• Established
15 September 1780
• Disestablished
14 May 1928
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Penza province
Penza Okrug

Penza Governorate (Russian: Пензенская губерния, romanizedPenzenskaya guberniya) was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of the Russian Empire and Russian SFSR, located in the Volga Region. It existed from 1780 to 1797 and again from 1801 to 1928; its capital was in Penza.

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