Voronezh Governorate

Voronezh Governorate Воронежская губерния
Governorate of Russian Empire
← 1725–1928 →
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Voronezh Governorate of the Russian Empire
Capital		Voronezh
History
•	Established	1725
•	Disestablished	1928
Population
•	(1897)	2,531,253

Coordinates: 51°40′N 39°13′E / 51.667°N 39.217°E / 51.667; 39.217

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Voronezh Governorate (Russian: Воронежская губерния, Voronezhskaya guberniya) was an administrative division (a guberniya) of the Tsardom of Russia, the Russian Empire, and the early Russian SFSR, which existed from 1708 (as Azov Governorate) until 1779 and from 1796 until 1928. Its seat was located in Voronezh since 1725.

The governorate was located in the south of the European part of the Russian Empire. In 1928, the governorate was abolished, and its area was included into newly established Central Black Earth Oblast.

Azov Governorate, together with seven other governorates, was established on December 29 [O.S. December 18], 1708, by Tsar Peter the Great's edict. As with the rest of the governorates, neither the borders nor internal subdivisions of Azov Governorate were defined; instead, the territory was defined as a set of cities and the lands adjacent to those cities. The governorate bordered Kiev Governorate in the west, Moscow Governorate in the north, and Kazan Governorate in the east. The areas south of the governorate were controlled by the Ottoman Empire, and the southern border was not defined. Formally, Azov was the seat of the governorate, but in practice, the seat of the governor was located in Tambov until 1715 and in Voronezh after 1715. In 1725, the governorate was renamed Voronezh Governorate.

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