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History and Administrative Division .
Moscow Gubernia was established in 1782 as Moscow Province, and in 1796 transformed into Moscow Gubernia. It bordered on
Tver Gubernia in the northwest, on
Vladimir Gubernia in the northeast, on Ryazan Gubernia
in the southeast, on Tula and Kaluga Gubernia in the south
and on Smolensk Gubernia in the southwest. Moscow Gubernia was divided in 13 districts (Uyezds) : Bogorodsk, Bronnizy, Dmitrow, Klin, Kolomna, Moshaisk, M., Podolsk, Rusa, Serpuchow, Swenigorod, Wereja und Wolokolamsk. The Zemstvo Laws passed in 1864 granted regional self-government on Gubernia and Uyezd level; the regional administrative bodies are refererred to as Zemstvos. The Zemstvos were abolished in the course of the October Revolution. Population . The population in 1811 was 987,000, in 1840 943,700, in 1867 984,300, in 1885 1,173,900, in 1914 1,497,200 (Lahmeyer). In 1883, the population was almost exclusively Russian Orthodox; c. 4 % were Old Believers (the Jewish population of c. 20,000 had been expelled in 1881). Economy . As of 1883, 39 % of the area was covered by forest, 34 % was farmland, 22 % pastorage. The Volga, Shosha and Moskva were navigable. Leading agricultural products included grain and potatoes; gooseberries and currant were of importance. In 1884 there were 653 factories; the leading industries included textile industry, leather processing, paper mills, carpet weaving, production of tallow, lights, soap, chemicals, machinery, ironwares, bricks (Meyer). |
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Moscowskaya Gubernia |
| Historical |
Articles : Governments : Moscow, from EB 1911 Articles : Moskau, from Meyers Konversationslexikon 1885-1892, in German |
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| Historical Dictionary |
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by David Lanegran |
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List of Match Factories in the Russian Empire : Moscow Gubernia, from
The Virtual Matchbox Label Museum, in Russian Russia, from Official catalogue of the industrial department, London Exhibition 1862, GB ; search for Moscow |
| Ethnography |
| Religion |
Article Old Believers, from Wikipedia Article Raskolniks, from Catholic Encyclopedia 1907-1914 edition |
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Articles History of Moscow,
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Ruza,
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Vereya,
Volokolamsk, from Wikipedia |
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Historical Population Statistics : Russia, from Population
Statistics by Jan Lahmeyer |
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City maps : Moscow 1897-1936, from Discus Media Moscow Gubernia (Brockhaus & Efron 1890-1907), from Wikimedia Maps : Moscow Gubernia, City and Environs (Atlas Marksa, 2nd edition 1910), posted by M. Witkam |
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Articles : Governments : Moscow,
Cities : Moscow, from EB 1911 Articles Moskau, Bogorodsk, Bronnizy, Dmitrow, Klin, Kolomna, Moshaisk, Podolsk, Rusa, Serpuchow, Swenigorod, Wereja, Wolokolamsk, from Meyers Konversationslexikon 1885-1892, in German |
| Religious |
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Das Gouvernement Moskwa, pp.350-371 in Th. Fr. Ehrmann,
Neueste Kunde vom Russischen Reiche in Europa und Asien,
vol.3 of Neueste Länder- und Völkerkunde, 1807, in German, GB Das Gouvernement Moskau, pp.79-96 in vol.1 of Das Russische Kaiserreich, seine Geographie, Statistik, Volks- und Regentengeschichte, 1847, in German, GB W.H. Beable, Russian gazetteer and guide, being an account of the territorial divisions and a description of over 300 of the principal towns and cities of Russia, Finland and Siberia (1919), posted on Internet Archive; Moscow p.30 |
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Moscow Gubernia Coat of Arms, from Civic Heraldry;
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RHS Bibliography UK National Archive Online Library ISBN Database |
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| Historical Dictionary |
B. Raymond, P. Duffy, Historical Dictionary of Russia, Methuan : Scarecrow 1998, KMLA Lib.Sign. R 947.8 R268h |
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