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Saint Petersburg Governorate
1708–1927 unit of Russia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Saint Petersburg Governorate[lower-alpha 1] was a province (guberniya) of the Russian Empire, with its capital in Saint Petersburg. The governorate was composed of 44,613 square kilometres (17,225 sq mi) of area and 2,112,033 inhabitants. It was bordered by Estonian and Livonian Governorates to the west, Pskov Governorate to the south, Novgorod Governorate to the east, Olonets Governorate to the northeast, and Vyborg Governorate of the Grand Duchy of Finland to the north. The governorate covered most of the areas of modern Leningrad Oblast and Ida-Viru, Jõgeva, Tartu, Põlva, and Võru counties of Estonia.
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Saint Petersburg Governorate
Санкт-Петербургская губерния | |
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![]() Location in the Russian Empire | |
Country | Russian Empire |
Established | 1708 |
Abolished | 1927 |
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Area | |
• Total | 44,613 km2 (17,225 sq mi) |
Population (1897) | |
• Total | 2,112,033 |
• Density | 47/km2 (120/sq mi) |
• Urban | 67.32% |
• Rural | 32.68% |
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