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History and Administrative Division .
In 1708 Voronezh became part of Azov Gubernia. When capital Azov was ceded to the Ottoman Empire in 1711, the gubernia
capital was relocated to Voronezh. When Azov was regained by the Russian Empire in 1739, the gubernia administration was
moved back to Azov. In 1767 Voronezh Gubernia was separated from Azov Gubernia; in 1779 it was transformed into Voronezh Namestichestvo, in
1796 back into Voronezh Gubernia (Wikipedia). Voronezh Gubernia bordered on Oryol and
Tambov Gubernia in the north, on Saratov and Don Gubernia in the east, on Kharkov Gubernia in the south and on
Kursk Gubernia in the west. Voronezh Gubernia was divided in 12 districts (Uyezds) : Voronezh, Biryuch, Bobrov, Boguchar, Korotoyak, Nizhne Dyevitsk, Novo-Khopersk, Ostrogozhsk, Pavlovsk, Valuiki, Zadonsk and Zemlyansk. 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 1,180,000, in 1840 1,564,500, in 1867 2,069,000, in 1885 2,538,700, in 1914 3,687,000 (Lahmeyer). The bulk of the population was ethnic Russian; in the south, Ukrainians were found, further Poles, Gypsies, and at Riebensdorf German settlers. By religion the Russian Orthodox Church dominated; further there were Old Believers, Jews, Roman Catholics. Economy . In 1884, 69 % of the land was farmland, 16 % pastorage, 8.7 % covered by forest. Main agricultutral products were grain, potatoes, bet sugar, also lentals. In 1884 807 factories with a combined total of 8,139 industrial workers were counted. Leading industries were distilleries, grain mills, beet sugar industry (Meyer). In 1906, 67 % of the land was owned by peasant communities, 3 % by the crown, 30 % by nobles (EB 1911). |
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Voronezh Gubernia within the RSFSR .
Voronezh Gubernia ceded territory in the east to Tambov Gubernia.
In 1926, Voronezh Gubernia bordered on Oryol and
Tambov Gubernia in the north, on Tsaritsyn Gubernia in the east, on Don Gubernia and
Ukraine in the south and on Kursk Gubernia in
the west. Population . The population in 1926 was 2,525,000, in 1939 2,720,000 (Lahmeyer). |
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List of Match Factories in the Russian Empire : Voronezh Gubernia, from
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Old Believers, from Wikipedia Article Raskolniks, from Catholic Encyclopedia 1907-1914 edition |
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Articles : Governments : Voronezh,
Cities : Voronezh, from EB 1911 Articles Woronesh, Birjutsch, Bobrow, Bogutschar, Korotojak, Nishnedewizk, Nowochopersk, Ostrogoshsk, Pawlowsk, Sadonsk, Semljansk, Waluiki, from Meyers Konversationslexikon 1885-1892, in German |
| Religious |
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Das Gouvernement Woronesch, pp.426-429 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 Woronesch, pp.96-99 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; Voronezh pp.45-46 |
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B. Raymond, P. Duffy, Historical Dictionary of Russia, Methuan : Scarecrow 1998, KMLA Lib.Sign. R 947.8 R268h |
