The Moscow Governorate was a province (guberniya) of the Tsardom of Russia, and the Russian Empire. It was bordered by Tver Governorate to the north, Vladimir Governorate to the northeast, Ryazan Governorate to the southeast, Tula Governorate to the south, Kaluga Governorate to the southwest, and Smolensk Governorate to the west. Moscow Governorate consisted of an area of and a population of 2,430,581 in 1897. Its capital was in Moscow.

Administrative division The counties (uezds) of the Moscow Governorate in 1897 were as follows: County Capital Area Population(1897 census) Transliteration name Russian Cyrillic Bogorodsky Богородскій Bogorodsk (Noginsk) 222,341 Bronnitsky Бронницкій Bronnitsy 130,304 Vereysky Верейскій Vereya 54,074 Volokolamsky Волоколамскій Volokolamsk 80,984 Dmitrovsky Uyezd Дмитровскій Dmitrov 119,686 Zvenigorodsky Звенигородскій Zvenigorod 84,375 Klinsky Клинскій Klin 115,162 Kolomensky Коломенскій Kolomna 111,927 Mozhaysky Можайскій Mozhaysk 53,967 Moskovsky Московскій Moscow 1,203,926 Podolsky Подольскій Podolsk 86,311 Ruzsky Рузскій Ruza 55,522 Serpukhovsky Серпуховскій Serpukhov 112,002

History Moscow Governorate, together with seven other governorates, was established on , 1708, by Tsar Peter the Great's edict.Указ об учреждении губерний и о росписании к ним городов As with the rest of the governorates, initially, neither the borders nor internal subdivisions of Moscow Governorate were defined; instead, the territory was defined as a set of cities and the lands adjacent to those cities. Later, Moscow Governorate was subdivided into 13 uyezds.

+ Cities included into Moscow Governorate at the time of its establishment # City # City # City1.Moscow14.Lyubim27.Suzdal2.Aleksin15.Medyn28.Tarussa3.Borovsk16.Mikhaylov29.Tsarev Borisov4.Dedilov17.Mozhaysk30.Tula5.Dmitrov18.Obolensk31.Veneva6.Gremyachey19.Pecherniki32.Vereya7.Kaluga20.Pereslavl Ryazanskoy33.Volodimir8.Klin21.Pereslavl Zaleskoy34.Volokolamsk9.Kolomna22.Pronsk35.Yaroslavets Maly10.Koshira23.Rostov36.Yepifan11.Kostroma24.Ruza37.Yuryev Polskoy12.Krapivna25.Serpukhov38.Zaraysk13.Lukh26.Shuya39.Zvenigorod

The governorate underwent numerous changes in the following years, and was finally abolished on January 14, 1929 when modern Moscow Oblast was created.

Demography

Language Population by mother tongue according to the Imperial census of 1897.

+ Language Number percentage (%) males females Russian 2,371,102 97.5 1,181,296 1,189,806 German 19,116 0.7 9,225 9,891 Polish 10,960 0.4 7,676 3,284 Jewish 5,756 0.2 3,795 1,961 Ukrainian 5,506 0.2 4,838 668 Tatar 5,469 0.2 4,492 977 French 2,621 0.1 1,035 1,586 Armenian 1,633 0.0 1,201 432 Belarusian 1,292 0.0 948 344 English 1,135 0.0 559 576 Latvian 1,018 0.0 731 287 Lithuanian 690 0.0 600 90 Czech 636 0.0 397 239 Gypsy 511 0.0 249 262 Estonian 396 0.0 243 153 Italian 374 0.0 220 154 Greek 292 0.0 241 51 Swedish 228 0.0 117 111 Chuvash 152 0.0 147 5 Komi 148 0.0 144 4 Bulgarian 110 0.0 100 10 Other 1,436 0.0 1,013 423 Total 2,430,581 100.0 1,219,267 1,211,314 +

Religion According to the Imperial census of 1897.Religion Statistics of 1897

+ Religion Number percentage (%) males females Pravoslavs 2,272,145 93.5 1,139,289 1,132,856 Old Believers and others split from Pravoslavs 99,825 4.1 44,682 55,143 Lutherans 21,437 0.8 10,701 10,736 Roman Catholic 17,670 0.7 11,497 6,173 Judaism 8,704 0.3 5,400 3,304 Islam 5,605 0.2 4,678 927 Reformed 2,218 0.0 1,088 1,130 Armenian Gregorians 1,640 0.0 1,188 452 Anglicans 838 0.0 441 397 Karaites 347 0.0 210 137 Armenian Catholic Church 25 0.0 18 7 Buddhists, Lamaists 11 0.0 11 0 Mennonites 3 0.0 3 0 Other: Christian denominations 103 0.0 52 51 Other: non-Christians 10 0.0 9 1 Total 2,430,581 100.0 1,219,267 1,211,314 +

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