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History and Administrative Division .
In 1708, the territory of what later was to become Simbirsk Gubernia was allocated to Kazan Gubernia. In 1780 Simbirsk Namestichestvo
was carved out of the former; in 1796 it was elevated into Simbirsk Gubernia (Wikipedia). Simbirsk Gubernia
bordered on Saratov Gubernia in the south, Samara Gubernia
(established in 1851, in part from territory hitherto belonging to Simbirsk) in the east,
Kazan Gubernia in the north, Nizhny Novgorod and Penza Gubernia
in the west. Simbirsk Gubernia was divided until 1851 in 13 districts, since 1851 in 8 districts (Uyezds) : Simbirsk, Alatyr, Ardatov, Buinsk, Karsun, Kurmysh, Sengilei and Syzran. The 5 districts ceded to Samara Gubernia in 1851 were Stavropol, Samara, Kanadei, Tagai, Kotizkof. Population . The population in 1840 was 1,192,100, in 1867 1,192,500, in 1885 1,527,800, in 1915 2,124,500 (Lahmeyer). The population was composed of Russians, Mordvinians (12 % in 1906), Chuvash (8 %) and Volga Tatars (8 %; EB). By religion, adherents of the Russian Orthodox Church dominated, followed by Old Believers, Muslims, and a few Jews (Meyer). Economy . By 1883, 51.2 % of the area was farmland, 33.6 % forest, 10 % pastorage. Main agricultural products were grain, lentals, potatoes; among domesticated animals, sheep, horses, cattle, pigs and goats were held. The Mordvinians kept bees, producing honey and beeswax. Culture . Simbirsk was seat of a Russian Orthodox bishop. Simbirsk burnt down in 1864. |
Simbirsk Gubernia within the RSFSR .
Simbirsk Gubernia ceded territory to the Chuvash ASSR (est. 1920),
Tatar ASSR (est. 1920) and to Samara Gubernia. In 1924, city and gubernia were renamed Ulyanovsk.
As of 1926, Ulyanovsk (Simbirsk) Gubernia bordered on the
Chuvash and Tatar ASSR in the north, on Samara Gubernia in the east,
on Saratov Gubernia in the south and on Penza and
Nizhny Novgorod Gubernia in the west. Population . The population in 1926 was 1,384,200, in 1939 1,276,000 (Lahmeyer). |
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Mordvinians, from NUPI Centre for Russian Studies,
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Mordovia - History, from Turanian History Articles Volgaic Finns, Volga Tatars, from Wikipedia Chuvash, Volga Tatars, from World Culture Encyclopedia |
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Article Old Believers, from Wikipedia Article Raskolniks, from Catholic Encyclopedia 1907-1914 edition Confessional Peculiarities (of the Chuvash), from gov.cap.ru |
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Article Chuvashia : History, from Wikipedia Category Districts of Chuvashia, from Wikipedia List of 13 Districts in 1809 from J. Pinkerton, A general collection of ... voyages and travels, 1809 GB |
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Das Gouvernement Simbirsk, pp.473-477 in Th. Fr. Ehrmann,
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vol.3 of Neueste Länder- und Völkerkunde, 1807, in German, GB Simbirsk, pp.625-627 in vol.3 of J. Playfair, A System of Geography, ancient and modern, 1810, GB Simbirsk, in : R. Brookes, Brookes's General gazetteer improved, 1812, GB, unpaginated Government of Simbirsk, p.235 in vol.4 of C. Malte-Brun, Universal geography, 1829, GB Government of Simbirsk, pp.66-67 in vol.4 of J. Bell, A system of geography, popular and scientific, 1836, 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), IA; Simbirsk p.37 |
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