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History and Administrative Division .
In 1772, Pskov Gubernia was separated from Novgorod Gubernia. Pskov Gubernia bordered on Sankt Petersburg
and Novgorod Gubernia in the north, on Tver Gubernia and
Smolensk Gubernia in the east, on Vitebsk Gubernia in the south and west,
and on Livland Gubernia in the west. Pskov Gubernia was divided in 8 districts (Uyezds) : Pskov, Kholm, Novorzhev, Opochka, Ostrov, Porkhov, Toropets and Velikiye Luki . 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 782,000, in 1840 720,300, in 1867 717,800, in 1885 948,100, in 1914 1,447,100 (Lahmeyer). The majority were Russian Orthodox, a few Old Believers, Protestants, Catholics, Jews; by ethnicity Russians, a few Finns, Latvians, Estonians. Economy . 32,2 % of the land was covered by forest, 27.3 % farmland, 22.6 % pastorage, 18 % swamp. Main agricultural products were grain, potatoes, lentals. By 1884, industry was negligible (Meyer). |
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Article
Pskovskaya Gubernia, from Wikipedia Russian edition |
| Historical |
Articles : Governments : Pskov, from EB 1911 Articles : Pskow, from Meyers Konversationslexikon 1885-1892, in German |
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About the Pskov Region |
| Military |
History of the Pskov Infantry Regiment 1815-1862, from
Russian Military History Brief History, from Northern Fortress, Pskov Izborsk Fortress, from Global Heritage Fund |
| Economy & Finances |
List of Match Factories in the Russian Empire : Pskov Gubernia, from
The Virtual Matchbox Label Museum, in Russian Russia, from Official catalogue of the industrial department, London Exhibition 1862, GB ; search for Pskov |
| Ethnography |
| Religion |
Article Old Believers, from Wikipedia Article Raskolniks, from Catholic Encyclopedia 1907-1914 edition |
| History of Regions |
| Local History |
Articles Pskov : History,
Novorzhev,
Opochka,
Ostrov,
Porkhov,
Velikiye Luki, from Wikipedia Administrative Division, from Pskov Region, click for district of choice |
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Historical Population Statistics : Russia, from Population
Statistics by Jan Lahmeyer |
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Pskov Gubernia (Brockhaus & Efron 1890-1907), from Wikimedia, in Russian Maps : W. Pskov, Pskov, (Atlas Marksa, 2nd edition 1910), posted by M. Witkam |
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Articles : Governments : Pskov,
Cities : Pskov, from EB 1911 Articles Pskow, Cholm, Noworshew, Ostrow, Porchow, Toropez, Welikija Luki, from Meyers Konversationslexikon 1885-1892, in German |
| Religious |
| Economic |
| Geographical |
Das Gouvernement Pleskow oder Pskow, pp.386-388 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 Pskow, pp.117-118 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; Pskov p.34 |
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Pskov Gubernia Coat of Arms, from Civic Heraldry;
from Vector Images,
from Wikimedia |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY |
| Bibliographies | general |
RHS Bibliography UK National Archive Online Library ISBN Database |
| on Pskov |
| Online Libraries | general |
Internet Archives Gutenberg Library Online e-corpus |
| Country Specific |
| Online Journals | full text online |
| General Accounts |
| Historical Dictionary |
B. Raymond, P. Duffy, Historical Dictionary of Russia, Methuan : Scarecrow 1998, KMLA Lib.Sign. R 947.8 R268h |
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