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History and Administrative Division .
Smolensk Gubernia was established in 1796. It bordered on Moscow and
Kaluga Gubernia in the east, on Oryol Gubernia in the southeast, on
Chernigov Gubernia in the south, on Mogilev and Vitebsk Gubernia
in the west, on Pskov and Tver Gubernia in the north. Smolensk Gubernia was divided in 12 districts (Uyezds) : Byelyi, Dorogobuzh, Dukhovshina, Elnya, Gzhatsk, Krasnyi, Poryechie, Roslavl, Smolensk, Sychevka, Vyazma and Yukhnov. 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 1,190,000, in 1840 1,058,700, in 1867 1,163,600, in 1885 1,278,100, in 1914 2,210,200 (Lahmeyer). Economy . In 1883, 39 % of the area was covered by forest, 29.1 % was farmland, 21.2 % pastorage. Main agricultural products included grain and potatoes (Meyer). |
Smolensk Gubernia within the RSFSR .
Smolensk Gubernia annexed territory from Mogilev Gubernia, ceded territory to
Belarus and to Kaluga Gubernia. In 1926, Smolensk Gubernia bordered on
Pskov and Tver Gubernia in the north, on Moscow and
Kaluga Gubernia in the east, on Bryansk Gubernia in the south and on
Belarus in the west. Population . The population in 1926 was 2,026,400, in 1939 2,292,700 (Lahmeyer). |
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B. Raymond, P. Duffy, Historical Dictionary of Russia, Methuan : Scarecrow 1998, KMLA Lib.Sign. R 947.8 R268h |