Cherepovets Governorate

Cherepovets Governorate Череповецкая губерния
Governorate of Soviet Union
1918–1927
Capital		Cherepovets
History
•	Established	June 26 1918
•	Disestablished	August 1 1927
Political subdivisions		five uyezds

Coordinates: 59°12′N 37°54′E / 59.200°N 37.900°E / 59.200; 37.900

Cherepovets Governorate (Russian: Череповецкая губерния, Cherepovetskaya guberniya) was a governorate (guberniya) of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic from 1918 to 1927. Its seat was in the city of Cherepovets. The governorate was located in the North of European Russia, and its territory is currently divided between Vologda, Novgorod, and Leningrad Oblasts.

The governorate was established on June 26, 1918 by the People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. The territory of the governorate was formed from five uyezds which were prviously a part of Novgorod Governorate (the uyezd centers are given in parentheses)

Between 1918 and 1921 parts of Pozhekhonsko-Volodarsky Uyezd of Yaroslavl Governorate were transferred to Cherepovetsky Uyezd, parts of Kirillovsky Uyezd were transferred to Kadnikovsky Uyezd of Vologda Governorate and Kargopolsky Uyezd of Olonets Governorate, and parts of Tikhvinsky Uyezd were transferred to Borovichsky and Malo-Vishersky Uyezds of Novgorod Governorate.

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