Oryol Governorate

Oryol Governorate
Орловская губерния
Governorate of the Russian Empire (1778/1796–1917), Russian Republic, and RSFSR (1917–1928)
1778/1796–1928
Coat of arms of Oryol
Coat of arms

Location in the Russian Empire
CapitalOryol
Area 
• 
46,726.2 km2 (18,041.1 sq mi)
Population 
• 1897[1]
2,033,798
History 
• Established
1778/1796
• Disestablished
1928
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Oryol Viceroyalty
Central Black Earth Oblast

Oryol Governorate (Russian: Орловская губерния, romanizedOrlovskaya guberniya) was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of the Russian Empire and the Russian SFSR, which existed from 1796 to 1928. Its seat was in the city of Oryol.

  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).

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