Samara Governorate () was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of the Russian Empire and the Russian SFSR, located in the Volga Region. It existed from 1850 to 1928; its capital was in Samara.
Samara Governate under the Russian Empire
Administrative divisions From its foundation until 1918 the governorate was divided into seven uyezds (counties). These were:
No. Uezd County town Coat of Armsof the county town Area, Square miles Population (1897) 1 Bugulminsky Bugulma (7 581 pop.)10 803,1299 884 2 Buguruslansky Buguruslan (12 109 pop.)17 068,7405 994 3 Buzuluksky Buzuluk (14 362 pop.)22 427,0492 952 4 Nikolayevsky Nikolaevsk (12 504 pop.)28 196,9494 736 5 Novouzensky Novouzensk (13 261 pop.)34 585,9417 376 6 Samarsky Samara (89 999 pop.)13 155,4357 018 7 Stavropolsky Stavropol (5 969 pop.)10 476,5283 376
Post-revolutionary period until abolition (1928)
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