Arkhangelsk Viceroyalty

Arkhangelsk Governorate Архангельская губерния
Governorate of the Russian Empire, Russian Republic, Soviet Russia
1796–1929
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Capital		Arkhangelsk
History
•	Established	12 December 1796
•	Disestablished	14 January 1929
Political subdivisions		nine uyezds

Coordinates: 64°32′N 40°32′E / 64.533°N 40.533°E / 64.533; 40.533

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Arkhangelsk Governorate (Russian: Архангельская губерния, Arkhangelskaya guberniya) was an administrative division (a guberniya) of the Russian Empire, which existed from 1796 until 1929. Its seat was in Arkhangelsk. The governorate was located in the north of Russian Empire and bordered Tobolsk Governorate in the south-east, Vologda Governorate in the south, Olonets Governorate in the southwest, Sweden (later Grand Duchy of Finland and later independent Finland) in the west, and Norway in north-west. In the north, the governorate was limited by the White and Barents Seas.

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