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Vologda Governorate Vologda Governorate ( , Vologodskaya guberniya , Government of Vologda ) was an administrative division ( a guberniya ) of the Russian Empire and the Russian SFSR , which existed from 1796 until 1929 . Its administrative center was in the city of Vologda . The governorate was located in the north of Russian Empire . The area of the governorate is currently split between Arkhangelsk , Vologda , Kirov , and Kostroma Oblasts , and the Komi Republic . Vologda Governorate was officially created in 1796 from the disbanded Vologda Viceroyalty ( namestnichestvo ) which was split between Arkhangelsk Viceroyalty and Vologda Viceroyalty just before the new administrative reform . Administrative division . It was administered by 10 uyezds ( the administrative centers , which all had the town status , are given in parentheses ) , - Velsky Uyezd ( Velsk ) ; - Vologodsky Uyezd ( Vologda ) ; - Gryazovetsky Uyezd ( Gryazovets ) ; - Kadnikovsky Uyezd ( Kadnikov ) ; - Nikolsky Uyezd ( Nikolsk ) ; - Solvychegodsky Uyezd ( Solvychegodsk ) ; - Totemsky Uyezd ( Totma ) ; - Ust-Sysolsky Uyezd ( Ust-Sysolsk ) ; - Velikoustyuzhsky Uyezd ( Veliky Ustyug ) ; - Yarensky Uyezd ( Yarensk ) . Three towns had a special status : Krasnoborsk , Lalsk , and Verkhovazhskiy Posad . The Vologda Governorate covered a total area of , and had a population of 1,341,785 according to the 1897 Russian Empire census . The governorate bordered Arkhangelsk Governorate in the north , Tobolsk Governorate in the northeast , Perm and Vyatka Governorates in the southeast , Kostroma and Yaroslavl Governorates in the south , Novgorod Governorate in the west , and Olonets Governorate in the northwest . The two eastern uyezds , Ust-Sysolsky Uyezd ( 92% ) and Yarensky Uyezd , were predominantly populated by the Komi peoples ( Zyrian ) , while in the whole governorate the Komi accounted for less than 10% . History . Historically the region belonged to what is known as the Great Perm later being incorporated into the Novgorod Republic after the disintegration of the Kievan Rus . With the annexation of Novgorod , Vologda also became part of the Grand Duchy of Moscow . Among the first monks who permanently established Christianity in the region was Saint Stephen of Perm , born in the city of Ustyug sometime in 1340/45 . In 1383 he became the first bishop of the newly established Perm Eparchy . In the course of the administrative reform carried out in 1708 by Peter the Great , the area was included into Archangelgorod Governorate . In 1780 , Archangelgorod Governorate , with the center in Arkhangelsk , was abolished and transformed to Vologda Viceroyalty . The viceroyalty was subdivided into three oblasts : Vologda , Veliky Ustyug , and Arkhangelsk . March 26 , 1784 Arkhangelsk Oblast was split off and established as Arkhangelsk Viceroyalty . In 1796 , Vologda Viceroyalty was transformed into Vologda Governorate with the seat in the city of Vologda . From 1872 to 1906 the construction of railroads connected the governorate with the rest of the Russian Empire . On July 24 , 1918 the Peoples Commissariat for Internal Affairs of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic established Northern Dvina Governorate . The area of the governorate included five uyezds of Vologda Governorate : Nikolsky , Solvychegodsky , Ust-Sysolsky,Velikoustyuzhsky , and Yarensky Uyezds . In 1918 , Petrograd , Novgorod , Pskov , Olonets , Arkhangelsk , Cherepovets , and Northern Dvina Governorates decided to merge into the Union of Northern Oblast Communes . The union was , however , short-lived and was abolished in 1919 . On April 30 , 1919 Kargopolsky Uyezd , formerly of Olonets Governorate , was transferred to Vologda Governorate . In November 1923 , several volosts of Vologodsky Uyezd were merged into Sverdlovsky District which in 1924 was augmented with several volosts of neighboring Kadnikovsky Uyezd . On August 7 , 1924 Gryazovetsky Uyezd was disestablished and merged into Vologodsky Uyezd . In 1928 , Sverdlovsky District was reorganized into volosts and incorporated into Kadnikovsky Uyezd . Thus , in 1928 Vologda Governorate consisted of five uyezds : Kadnikovsky , Kargopolsky , Totemsky , Velsky , and Vologodsky . On January 14 , 1929 by the All-Russian Central Executive Committee three governorates ( Arkhangelsk , Vologda , and Northern Dvina ) and the Komi-Zyryan Autonomous Oblast were merged into Northern Krai with the administrative center located in Arkhangelsk . Demographics . Principal towns . Russian Census of 1897 gave the following localities with population above 1,000 people ( In bold , towns with population above 10,000 are indicated ) , - Vologda – 27 705 ( of them Russian population – 26 798 ) ; - Veliky Ustyug – 11 137 ( Russian – 10 954 ) ; - Totma – 4 947 ( Russian – 4 902 ) ; - Ust-Sysolsk – 4 464 ( Komi – 3 699 , Russian – 731 ) ; - Gryazovets – 3 205 ( Russian – 3 188 ) ; - Nikolsk – 2 553 ( Russian – 2 509 ) ; - Kadnikov – 2 406 ( Russian – 2 385 ) ; - Velsk – 1 989 ( Russian – 1 954 ) ; - Solvychegodsk – 1 788 ( Russian – 1 762 ) ; - Lalsk – 1 124 ( Russian – 1 123 ) . Language . According to the Imperial census of 1897 , the following languages were spoken in Vologda Governorate . Religion . According to the Imperial census of 1897 , almost all the population were Eastern Orthodox with a small minority of Old Believers . Other religions in the governorate were much less common ( not exceeding 500 ) . Governors . The administration of the governorate was performed by a governor . The governors of Vologda Governorate were - 1798–1800 Fyodor Karlovich Norman , acting governor ; - 1800 Dmitry Borisovich Tolstoy , acting governor ; - 1800 Vasily Petrovich Putimtsev , acting governor ; - 1800 Vasily Ivanovich Lisanevich ( never took the office ) ; - 1800 – 1806 Alexey Alexeyevich Goryainov ; - 1806–1809 Karl Ivanovich Lineman ; - 1809–1810 Vasily Ivanovich Voyeykov ; - 1810–1814 Nikolay Ivanovich Barsh ; - 1814–1818 Ivan Ivanovich Vinter ( Winter ) ; - 1818–1821 Ivan Ivanovich Popov ; - 1821–1834 Nikolay Petrovich Brusilov ; - 1834–1836 Stepan Ivanovich Kuzmin ; - 1836–1840 Dmitry Nikolayevich Bologovsky ; - 1841–1850 Stepan Grigoryevich Volkhovsky ; - 1851–1854 Ivan Vasilyevich Romanus ; - 1854–1860 Filipp Semyonovich Stoinsky ; - 1860–1861 Vladimir Filipovich Pfeller ; - 1861–1878 Stanislav Fadeevich Khominsky ; - 1878–1879 Mikhail Petrovich Daragan ; - 1880–1882 Leonid Ivanovich Cherkasov ; - 1882 Alexander Nikolayevich Mosolov ; - 1882–1892 Mikhail Nikolayevich Kormilitsyn ; - 1892–1894 Vladimir Zakharovich Kolenko ; - 1894–1898 Iosif Yakovlevich Dunin-Barkovsky ; - 1898–1900 Alexander Alexandrovich Musin-Pushkin ; - 1901–1902 Leonid Mikhaylovich Knyazev ; - 1902–1906 Alexander Alexandrovich Lodyzhensky ; - 1906–1910 Alexey Nikolayevich Khvostov ; - 1910–1913 Mikhail Nikolayevich Shramchenko ; - 1913 Yakov Dmitrievich Bologovsky ; - 1914–1915 Viktor Alexandrovich Lopukhin ; - 1916 Vladimir Mikhaylovich Strakhov ; - 1916–1917 Alexander Viktorovich Arapov . External links . - Memorial book and address-calendar of Vologda Governorate ( 1899–1900 ) - Chelishchev , P.I . Adventures across the Russian North in 1791 . Sant-Petersburg , 1886 - List of populated places of Vologda Governorate in 1866–1881 ( .pdf ) - Newspaper Vologda Governorate Informerer - Tsarskoye Selo library , books on the history of the Vologda Governorate ( .pdf ) - encyclopediya.ru - Note about amendments to the administrative-territorial changes of the Vologda Oblast ( 1917–1991 ) - Administrative-territorial division of the Arkhangel Governorate in 18th–20th centuries