Kursk Governorate

Coat of arms of Kursk Governorate

Kursk Governorate (Russian: Ку́рская губе́рния) was an administrative division (a guberniya) of the Russian Empire, located in European Russia. It existed from 1796 to 1928; its seat was in the city of Kursk.

Administrative Divisions

As of 1914, Kursk Governorate included 15 uyezds.

Belgorodsky Uyezd
Graivoronsky Uyezd
Dmitrievsky Uyezd
Korochansky Uyezd
Kursk Uyezd
Lgovsky Uyezd
Novooskolsky Uyezd
Oboyansky Uyezd
Putivlsky Uyezd
Rylsky Uyezd
Staryoskolsky Uyezd
Sudzhansky Uyezd
Timsky Uyezd
Fatezhsky Uyezd
Shchigry Uyezd

Subdivisions of the Russian Empire

Governorates (List)	Azov¹ Altai² Arkhangelsk Archangelgorod* Astrakhan Belgorod Bessarabia Bratslav Byelorussia Caucasus Chernigov Grodno Finland Iziaslav Ingermanland Irkutsk (ru) Kazan Kaluga Kiev (1708) Kiev Kharkov Kherson Kholm Kovno Kolyvan Kostroma Kursk Lithuania Little Russia (1764) Little Russia (1796) Minsk Mogilev Moscow Nikolayev Nizhny Novgorod Novhorod-Siverskyi Novgorod Novorossiysk Olonets Orenburg Oryol Penza Perm Petrograd² Podolia Polotsk* Poltava Pskov Ryazan Samara Saint Petersburg Saratov Siberia Simbirsk Sloboda Ukraine Slonim Smolensk Stavropol Taurida Tambov Tver Tobolsk Tomsk Tula Ufa Vilna Vitebsk Vladimir Voznesensk Vologda Volhynian Voronezh Vyatka Vyborg Yaroslavl Yekaterinoslav Yeniseysk

Oblasts	Amur Belostok Bessarabia Don Voisko Zabaikalskaya Kamchatka Caspian Kwantung Orenburg Kirgiz Omsk Primorskaya Sakhalin Taurida Tarnopolsky Turgay Ural Yakut

Oblasts of Stepnoy Krai	Akmolinsk Siberia Kirgiz Semipalatinsk Oblast

Oblasts of Turkestan Krai	Transcaspian Samarkand Semirechye Oblast Syr-Darya Oblast Turkestan Fergana

Caucasus Viceroyalty	Baku Governorate Black Sea Governorate Derbent Governorate Elizavetpol Governorate Erivan Governorate Georgia-Imeretia Governorate Georgia Governorate Kutais Governorate Shemakha Governorate Tiflis Governorate Armenian Oblast Batum Oblast Dagestan Oblast Imeretia Oblast Kars Oblast Kuban Oblast Terek Oblast Black Sea Okrug Sukhum Okrug Zakatal Okrug

Governorates of Finland	Abo-Byorneborg Vaza Vyborg Kuopio Nyuland Sankt Mikhel Tavastgus Uleoborg

Governorates of Poland	Avgustov Varshava Kalish Kelets Krakov Lomzha Lyublin Mazovia Petrokov Plotsk Podlasie Radom Sandomir Sedlets Suvalki

Baltic Governorates³	Courland Livonia Reval Riga Estonia

Governorates of Galicia	Lvov Peremyshl Tarnopol Chernovtsy

Territories and dependencies	Bukeyev Horde Emirate of Bukhara Kokand Khanate Russian America Uriankhayskiy Krai Khanate of Khiva Zeravshan Okrug

¹ Italics indicates renamed or abolished governorates, oblasts, etc on 1 January 1914. ² An asterisk (*) indicates governorates formed or created with renaming after 1 January 1914. ³ Ostsee or Baltic general-governorship was abolished in 1876.

Coordinates: 51°43′00″N 36°11′00″E / 51.7167°N 36.1833°E / 51.7167; 36.1833

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