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Yaroslavl Governorate
1777–1929 unit of Russia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
57.6167°N 39.8500°E / 57.6167; 39.8500
Quick Facts Ярославская губерния, Capital ...
Yaroslavl Governorate Ярославская губерния | |||||||||||||||
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Governorate of the Russian Empire | |||||||||||||||
1777–1929 | |||||||||||||||
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Capital | Yaroslavl | ||||||||||||||
Area | |||||||||||||||
• | 35,615 km2 (13,751 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Population | |||||||||||||||
• | 1,166,800 | ||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||
• Established | 1777 | ||||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1929 | ||||||||||||||
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Yaroslavl Governorate (Russian: Ярославская губерния, romanized: Yaroslavskaya guberniya)[1] was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of the Russian Empire and the Russian SFSR, located in European Russia in the Upper Volga Region. It existed from 1777 to 1929; its seat was in the city of Yaroslavl.[2]