Kostroma gubernia: counties and its history

The history of the Russian Empire is very interesting. Kostroma gubernia of that time: what do we know about it? What monuments were left after the wars and routings? The city of Kostroma was a significant land for the Russian state. The transformation accelerated the growth of the economy and culture. The architecture of those times still adorns historical cities.

Geography

The Kostroma province is located in the European part of the Russian Empire. Its borders: from the west it borders on Yaroslavl; In the south - with Vladimir and Nizhny Novgorod. The northern neighbor is Vologda; East - Vyatka.

History

Kostroma province was formed in 1719. It was renamed the governorate by 1778. It included 12 counties. The area occupied by the Kostroma province was almost 84 thousand square kilometers. By 1926, the number of counties was reduced to seven. In 1929, as in the rest of the provinces, it was liquidated. Later it became known as the region.

Administrative division

The counties of Kostroma gubernia, which were part of it:

1. Buysky.
2. Vetluzhsky district.
3. Galichsky.
4. Varnavinsky.
5. Kineshma.
6. Kologrivsky.
7. Kostroma.
8. Makaryevsky.
9. Nerekhtsky.
10. Soligalichsky is the largest and most developed one.
11. Chukhlomsky.
12. Yurievetsky.

Coat of arms

Initially it was executed in the form of a shield divided into four equal parts. In the first one there is a silver cross, the second and the fourth are made in gold, and on the fourth part - a crescent, turned upside down. This coat of arms was abolished in 1878 and a new, with the image of the imperial crown, the Varangian ship and oak leaves, connected by the St. Andrew's ribbon, was adopted.

Counties

Kostroma province included a lot of territorial objects. Of these, 12 were uyezds. How did they differ?

Buysky district was located in the western part. Its area was almost 3 thousand square versts. Was formed thanks to the administrative reform of Catherine II. Consisted of 17 volosts. It inhabited more than 70 thousand people.

Varnavinsky district was founded in 1778. It included 21 parishes. The county town was Barnwyn. Based on the data of the 1897 census, the population was more than 120 thousand people. It was abolished in 1923.

Vetluzhsky district bordered with Vyatka and Vologda provinces. Its area was more than 15 thousand square kilometers. Consisted of 21 volosts. About 120 thousand people lived on the territory.

Galich county existed from 1727 to 1929. It was located in the central part of the province. It had large estates of boyars and nobles. The structure included 24 volosts with a total population of more than 100 thousand people.

Kineshma uyezd, the area of which was 4,433 square versts, was divided into two halves by the Volga River. Consisted of 23 volosts. The county town is Kineshma.

Kologrivsky was located in the northern part. On its area there were 27 townships. The population, consisting of 99% of the Russians, was more than 130 thousand people.

Makaryevsky district of Kostroma province was an area of more than 10 thousand square versts. It consisted of 27 townships and two supernumerary cities: Kady and Unzha.

Kostroma county in the province appeared by 1778. He consisted of 21 parish and one of the supernumerary city of Sudislavl.

Nerekhtsky district is located in the south-west. Its area was about 3.5 thousand square versts. On its territory there were 37 townships and one city - Ples.

If you answer the question about which county of the Kostroma province includes the most populated areas, then Soligalichsky clearly wins. Also, it differed from the rest by the presence of 69 factories and factories.

Chukhlomsky county is located in the north of the province. It consisted of 12 volosts. времён Чухломской осады . He and zvesten since the Chukhloma siege .

Yurievetsky was attributed to the province in 1778. It consisted of 23 townships and the city of Luh. It was abolished in January 1929.

Kostroma

It was located on the bank of the Volga River. Kostroma was founded in the 7th century. The city center still retains part of the architecture of the XVIII-XIX centuries. It has the official status of a historical city. Is the center of the textile industry.

The woodworking and food industries are developing very actively. Also Kostroma, in addition to linen products, is known for jewelry, because in its territory there are several factories for the production of jewelry made of precious metals.

основанная еще в 1744 году. Speaking of religion, the Kostroma diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate, which was founded in 1744, remained and remained representative .

To plunge into the history of the region, to understand what was K the province of Omer, it is enough to visit the main cities. Architecture will take visitors back in time.