Novgorod Governorate

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Novgorod Governorate
Новгородская губерния
Governorate of the Russian Empire (1727–1917), Russian Republic, and Russian SFSR (1917–1927)
1727–1927
Coat of arms of Novgorod
Coat of arms

Location in the Russian Empire
CapitalNovgorod
Area 
• 
118,544.4 km2 (45,770.2 sq mi)
Population 
• 1897[1]
1,367,022
History 
• Established
1727
• became part of Leningrad Oblast
1 August 1927
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Saint Petersburg Governorate
Leningrad Oblast

Novgorod Governorate[a] was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of the Russian Empire and the Russian SFSR, which existed from 1727 to 1776 and from 1796 to 1927. Its administrative center was in the city of Novgorod. The governorate was located in the northwest of the European part of the Russian Empire.

  1. ^ "Первая всеобщая перепись населения Российской Империи 1897 г."


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