Simbirsk Governorate
Simbirsk Governorate (Russian: Симбирская губерния, romanized: Simbirskaya guberniya) was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of the Russian Empire and the Russian SFSR, which existed from 1796 to 1928. Its administrative center was in the city of Simbirsk, renamed Ulyanovsk in 1924 (likewise, Simbirsk Governorate was named Ulyanovsk Governorate).
| Simbirsk Governorate Симбирская губерния | |||||||||
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| Governorate of the Russian Empire (1796–1917), Russian Republic and RSFSR (1917–1928) | |||||||||
| 1796–1928 (1924–1928 as Ulyanovsk Governorate) | |||||||||
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Location within the Russian Empire | |||||||||
| Capital | Simbirsk (1924 as Ulyanovsk) | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
• | 49,495 km2 (19,110 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1897 | 1527848 | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1796 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1928 | ||||||||
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| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1897 | 1,527,848 | — |
| 1905 | 1,750,600 | +14.6% |
| 1910 | 1,549,008 | −11.5% |
| 1920 | 1,622,702 | +4.8% |
| 1926 | 1,384,220 | −14.7% |
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