History Arkhangelsk_Governorate

female headgear nakolka . arkhangelsk governorate, late 19th 20th century.

in 1780, archangelgorod governorate, center in arkhangelsk, abolished , transformed vologda viceroyalty. viceroyalty subdivided 3 oblasts: vologda, veliky ustyug, , arkhangelsk. on 26 march 1784, arkhangelsk oblast split off , formed arkhangelsk viceroyalty. tsar paul on 12 december 1796 issued decree remaining arkhangelsk viceroyalty arkhangelsk governorate. simultaneously, olonets viceroyalty abolished, , kemsky uyezd , half of povenetsky uyezd transferred arkhangelsk governorate.

in 1780, arkhangelsk oblast (and later arkhangelsk viceroyalty) subdivided 7 uyezds (the administrative centers, had town status, given in parentheses),

arkhangelsky uyezd (arkhangelsk)
kholmogorsky uyezd (kholmogory)
kolsky uyezd (kola)
mezensky uyezd (mezen)
onezhsky uyezd (onega)
pinezhsky uyezd (pinega)
shenkursky uyezd (shenkursk)

mezen, onega, , pinega incorporated towns in 1780 become uyezd towns. kola incorporated in 1784.

the european part of russian empire in 1917. arkhangelsk governorate shown in yellow on top of map.

in 1801, portions of povenetsky uyezd transferred olonets governorate, while kemsky uyezd, center in kem, left remain in arkhangelsk governorate. in 1854, town of kola destroyed during crimean war, , kolsky uyezd merged kemsky uyezd. in 1883, kolsky uyezd restored, in 1899, uyezds ceter transferred aleksandrovsk, , uyezd renamed become aleksandrovsky uyezd. in 1891, pechorsky uyezd center in ust-tsilma split off mezensky uyezd.

the governorate s structure remained in place after 1917 revolution. in 1917, governorate comprised 9 uyezds. on 2 march 1918, ust-vashsky uyezd center in ust-vashka split off mezensky uyezd (on 6 february 1922 abolished , merged mezensky uyezd). in 1918, western part of aleksandrovsky uyezd transferred finland, became independent, , rest of uyezd incorporated murmansk governorate. in 1920, kemsky uyezd transferred karel labour commune, later became karelian socialist soviet republic. in 1922, major part of pechorsky district moved newly established komi-zyryan autonomous oblast. on 15 march 1922, kholmogorsky uyezd renamed yemetsky uyezd, , uyezds town transferred kholmogory yemetsk.

in following period, administrative changes in governorate occurred on yearly basis. in 1928, governorate consisted of 5 uyezds: arkhangelsky, mezensky, onezhsky, pechorsky, , shenkursky.

on 14 january 1929, order of all-russian central executive committee, 3 governorates (arkhangelsk, vologda, , northern dvina) , komi-zyryan autonomous oblast merged northern krai.